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Teacher shortages are affecting schools across Pennsylvania, and local districts said there is a continuing struggle to fill some positions.

Teacher shortages are affecting schools across Pennsylvania, and local districts said there is a continuing struggle to fill some positions.

Stafford County Supervisor Deuntay Diggs will hold his first town hall meeting on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at Stafford High School.

“The Racial Integrity Act [of 1924] essentially said, ‘We no longer have Indians in the state of Virginia,’ even though they did. And they had a lot of evidence to support that..."

The Patawomeck Indian Tribe has been fighting to gain federal recognition from the US government for more than a decade. The tribe says the designation is critical to preserving its cultural traditions.

The Patawomeck Indian Tribe has been fighting to gain federal recognition from the US government for more than a decade. The tribe says the designation is critical to preserving its cultural traditions.

Bids from Sprinturf to replace and repair the playing surface at Roose­velt Field were approved 7-1 Monday at the Altoona Area School Board’s regular meeting, with member John Romanowicz absent. The approved contract shows the board will pay $566,140 out of its capital reserve fund to replace the turf carpet as well as the stone […]

The Washington Post has published a follow-up to its investigation into the Smithsonian Institution, which has a staggering collection of human body parts, including brains — and few of the remains were obtained through ethical means. Now, in the follow-up report, the Post has reported that most of the victims were Washington, D.C.’s most vulnerable residents.

City Council members this week reassured a Fairview resident about their recent intentions for facilitating housing development at Keith athletic field — even as they informed her that those intentions are moot, because the city failed in an attempt to buy the tract from the Altoona Area School District. Discussions about the potential for housing […]

The Altoona Area School Board unanimously adopted a resolution Monday night indicating that it will not raise the tax rate for the 2024-25 year past the state Taxpayer Relief Act’s 7.7% index. With the district’s current tax rate set at 6.7502 mills, the maximum rate the board could raise its taxes is to 7.2699 mills, […]