Like other Pennsylvania counties, Blair has had more than its share of drunken-driving incidents and arrests. And, this county has not been without DUI-related fatalities. As a way of gauging public sentiment here about this much-too-frequently recurring problem, perhaps an exercise is in ...

Police in our city and region have been busy lately. But then — they’re always busy. Recently we have seen a series of arrests in homicide cases, some cases going back a couple years and some more recent. We all should be grateful for the diligence and hard work to bring suspects in ...

For most Americans, including people of the northcentral and central Pennsylvania — life is returning slowly but steadily to the way it was prior to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Seeing a person wearing a mask is much less common, pessimism about COVID-19 is giving way to increased ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro and state lawmakers do not have to wait for the courts to tell them what is obvious to everyone: It is past time to properly fund public education for all students. A Commonwealth Court judge found what many have long said about the way Pennsylvania pays for K-12 public ...

The start of deer season is not just a date on the calendar. It is a lot more complicated than that. It involves the science behind how deer move and feed, where they live and when they breed. It is part of a management process that looks to keep a necessary part of the ecosystem thriving. At ...

The Biden administration is taking another small step in the right direction — and deserves to be commended for it. The Willow drilling project could produce up to 180,000 barrels of domestic oil a day and will help lessen American dependence on foreign oil. It also will create more than ...