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Due to incorrect information provided to the Herald by Penelec, the Herald falsely reported that there will be a power outage in Hollidaysburg on Wednesday, May 12. The correct locations of the power outage are as follows: including, but not...

El 26 de abril, el Departamento de la Salud recordó a residentes de Pensilvania de la importancia de todas las vacunaciones, incluyendo la vacuna para COVID-19, para protegerse de muchas enfermedades serias y potencialmente fatales. Estos incluyen...

– PA NEWS DIGEST – Committee approves bill to offer paper application process for business licenses A bill from state Rep. Clint Owlett intended to make it easier for people to do business in Pennsylvania has been approved by the House...

With the $1,049,000 Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER II) Fund Williamsburg Community School District will be receiving, the school board announced some plans for the grant during last Tuesday evening’s school board meeting....

The psychological damage that the pandemic has done on students and to some extent on businesses will be the topic of the next Blair County Chamber “Breakfast Club,” set for May 13 at 7:45 a.m. at The Casino at Lakemont Park. Dr. Robert Gildea,...

The Herald’s Weekly Virus Report Reported on 4/27/21 #Cases / #Deaths / Rate* Bedford: 3,059 - 131 - 273.6 Blair: 9,844 - 320 - 262.7 Cambria: 9,753 - 415 - 318.8 Centre: 14,760 - 219 - 134.9 Clearfield: 5,886 - 135 - 170.3 Fulton: 715 - 15 -...

The Blair County DUI Task Force will be conducting one or more events this week. Sobriety checkpoints are well lit and manned by uniformed officers. Roving patrols utilize uniformed officers in marked police vehicles. Motorists are reminded to...

Far fewer Pennsylvanians took to the state’s highways during the pandemic in 2020 than the prior year – but fatal accidents increased from 2019, puzzling highway officials. In 2020, statewide traffic deaths increased to 1,129 from the record...

Pennsylvania’s 2021-22 migratory game bird seasons have been set. Annual migratory game bird seasons are selected by states from frameworks established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Game Commission selections were made after...

NORTHERN BEDFORD Lady Panthers Lose Close Dual To Bellwood Northern Bedford’s Girls Track squad lost a close 81-69 decision to Bellwood at home Arril 20. The Panthers defeated Mt. Union 113-14 and are now 7-1 overall. The Panthers demise was that...

The opportunity Pennsylvania hunters have waited all winter for is about to get underway. Pennsylvania’s spring turkey season kicked off Saturday, April 24, with a one-day youth hunt open to junior license holders and mentored hunters under 16...

To the Editor: As a former deputy Register of Wills & Recorder of Deeds, I worked closely with the prothonotary’s office for 5 years and understand how important it is to have competent, professional leadership in that office. The county’s...

To the Editor: As a former candidate and office holder, I have always valued experience, knowledge and proven leadership. I have valued it in the people who have helped me in my campaigns and my fellow prosecutors in the DA Office’s. That is the...

To the Editor: Robin Patton has brought experience, dedication, efficiency, and reform to the Blair County prothonotary’s office during a time of great crisis. With her 20-plus years of experience in the office, Patton helped develop the office...

To the Editor: As a Navy veteran, former police officer, chief of police and now Mayor of Martinsburg I believe that I know what leadership looks like. For me leadership within the prothonotary’s race this year is clearly Robin Patton. To be a...

Neva (Riley) Carper, age 92, a resident at the Presbyterian Village at Hollidaysburg, formerly of Roaring Spring, passed away Friday morning, April 23, 2021, at the home after a brief illness. She was born Feb. 27, 1929, in Roaring Spring the...

Over the past year, it has become standard for members of the Williamsburg community to see Harry Mullins distributing food from the back of a truck. What they may not know is how it began. Robert Kifer, a manager at Weis Market in Altoona, has...

As many of you know or have read in my articles, my family means a great deal to me. Nothing is better than spending time with my mom, my dad and my sister – just enjoying each other’s company. Monday, April 26, was my parents’ (Rick and...

Herald of April 21, 2011 Dottie Holtzman of Williamsburg was named Nason Hospital Volunteer of the year during an awards program held April 12 at Martinsburg Church of God. Garrett Hoover, president and chief executive officer of Nason Hospital and...

Herald of April 25, 1996 The Spring Cove School Board Monday night gave tentative approval to a $15 million budget for next term, hiking taxes four mills this year with a promise of additional millage increases next year. High winds buffeted the...

Herald of April 29, 1971 The Spring Cove School Board and its teachers reached an agreement on a two-year contract but were still at odds on a no-strike clause. The agreement called for a $100 increase in salaries in addition to the $300 increase...

Herald of May 2, 1946 Martinsburg schools and churches were collecting canned food for shipment to famine-stricken Europe. The food was to be shipped through the United Church Relief and United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agency. Nearly...

Herald of April 29, 1921 Rally Day at Roaring Spring churches on April 17 showed a total of 1,800 in attendance at the different Sunday Schools of the town. The Methodist ranked the highest, having 476, while the Church of the Brethren came next,...

Herald of April 30, 1896 The county commissioners voted to build a large reviewing stand in front of the court house for the semi-centennial parade in June. Gov. Hastings was expected to attend, and the county commissioners of Bedford, Huntingdon...