Category Archives: Local News

Wednesday night, the Penns Manor School Board approved the 2026-27 budget, which contains a tax increase. The spending plan details $21,362,239 in expenditures and $20,637,750 in revenues, with a 4.8%...

Indiana University of Pennsylvania has signed four new clinical training agreements for its future College of Osteopathic Medicine. The agreements were finalized Monday and Tuesday with Croyle-Nielsen...

An Altoona man is facing drug-related charges in connection with a traffic stop on Tuesday in Blairsville. Borough Police pulled over a car on Route 22 around 7:40 PM for an equipment violation. After...

While "skill games" were declared slot machines in a recent state Supreme Court ruling, local businesses who have them installed are waiting and seeing what will happen next. The games that have becom...

Two people were sent to the hospital after a crash in Indiana Borough on Tuesday. (Photos provided by Indiana Fire Association) Indiana County 911 reported the crash at 4:02 PM on South 6th Street. In...

PennDOT is seeking public comment for the draft 2027 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, which is a list of projects identified for federal, state and local funding for a four-year period. T...

The United School Board approved the district's 2026-27 budget last night and a new collective bargaining agreement with the union representing its teachers. For the budget, expenditures came to $26,1...

A special town hall meeting will be held tonight in Blairsville to discuss traffic problems related to large trucks rolling through the area. Tonight's meeting will look to address some of the complai...

A bill that would provide funding for the PA Promise Pilot Program passed the state house and is on its way to the senate. The program's goal is to make college more affordable and lessen student debt...

A newly released report claims nearly four-in-ten Pennsylvanians do not have enough money to afford their basic needs. The latest ALICE report from United Way and United for ALICE finds that 39-percen...