The Mary S. Biesecker Library in Somerset has received a $222,394.76 Keystone grant to improve the building.
"The goal of this initiative is to increase the accessibility of the building," Morgan Simmons, IT and Facilities Coordinator
Simmons hopes that the grant will help fund the installation of an elevator. Currently the building is accessible to all from the lower level, but once inside the only way to get to the main floor is stairs. Read More...
HUNTINGDON – A new office in Huntingdon County is helping people take the proper steps to receive medical marijuana. It comes after Gov. Tom Wolf signed the “Medical Marijuana Act" into law early last year.
It's been a long time coming but the Pennsylvania Safe Access office is open and can now help patients register with the department of health to potentially receive medical marijuana.
The doors opened at the Huntingdon location over the weekends and already officials say more than 3,800 people have registered statewide. Read More...
ALTOONA, Pa. (WJAC) -- The group Keystone United has circulated a flier online detailing its upcoming yule party. The Southern Poverty Law Center designated Keystone United a hate group, saying they formed in 2001 as the Keystone State Skinheads and have since changed their name.
Blair County NAACP President Donald Witherspoon said he was hoping this type of gathering was a thing of the past.
“I experienced some racial discrimination in the '60s and the '70s and when I went to the military, I also experience some stuff,” Witherspoon said. Read More...