News Staff In Blair County, plans are being made to vaccinate up to 2,000 people a day for coronavirus. A mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic is being proposed for the Blair County Convention Center, but so far, it remains unclear just when it may open. Blair County Emergency Management Director Mark Taylor says however, that he would expect … Read more
On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry announced plans to add at least 500 new customer service representatives to improve upon the existing backlog of claims. The move comes one week after Rep. Natalie Mihalek of Allegheny and Washington Counties live-called the Unemployment Compensation Call Center and received a busy signal to lead … Read more
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has confirmed 2,594 new cases of COVID-19 since yesterday, bringing state totals to 955,730 known cases. The DOH reports 43 additional deaths. Statewide percent positivity for the week of February 26 – March 4 stood at 5.7%, down from 6.3% the previous week. The state reports more than 3.1 million … Read more
Blair County Judge Daniel J. Milliron is asking for a new or updated presentence investigation to be completed before he resentences Kenneth Jon Piner Sr. of Altoona, who is currently serving a 36- to 72-year sentence for his part in a Baltimore-to-Altoona drug ring. Piner is now 60 years old, and based on a 2013 … Read more
Blair County has gotten a little more than $8 million from the state Department of Human Services… with the money earmarked to help cover rent and utility bills for county residents who have been negatively affected by COVID-19. Blair County Community Action has been chosen by the county commissioners, to be the designated agency that … Read more
A fire in Altoona on Tuesday morning, destroyed one home and damaged another. Carl Brown, who is a Vietnam veteran and a former US Navy Corpsman, says he was playing video games yesterday morning, when he noticed an orange flicker out of the corner of his eye, and realized that it was flames. Fortunately, both … Read more
The Pennsylvania House State Government Committee is set to begin hearings today on the Wolf Administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as the anniversary of its first mitigation efforts draws near. House State Committee Chairman Seth Grove (R-York) announced on Monday that hearings will look into transparency issues within the administration during its response to … Read more
Police say a Johnstown man who is wanted for murder in Indiana County has been arrested. Authorities say the U.S. Marshalls and Altoona police arrested 19-year-old Terrrion Gates in Altoona on Friday. Gates was wanted for his connection in the shooting death of 20-year-old Jaedyn Wright last October.
One year after coronavirus began to disrupt daily life here in Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday acknowledged the severe toll that COVID-19 and his severe restrictions have taken on his state but said that he sees “light at the end of the tunnel” with the growing availability of vaccines. Wolf announced on March 6, … Read more
4 people were threatened at gunpoint back in November, and now… after an investigation… a Coalport man is facing felony charges. State Police say the men offering free home improvement estimates in his neighborhood, when 47 year old John Ruffaner got a little upset when they came knocking on the door and ringing his doorbell. … Read more