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Blackbird-backed start-up Kiki has absorbed criticism about its surprise pivot from subletting in New York to a networking club for women.

Local history 50 years ago: Jan. 18, 1974 The Altoona YMCA held a 102nd anniversary celebration dinner at the Jaffa Mosque with Congressman Wilmer Mizell of North Carolina the main speaker. The Congressman was known as “Vinegar Bend” when he played professional baseball and was with the Pittsburgh Pirates when they won the 1960 World […]

SEVIERVILLE — A winter storm brought bitter cold and blanketed much of East Tennessee in snow Monday, forcing the cancellation of Sevier County’s celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

If snow is your thing, you may like next weeks weather — if you can stand the frigid temperatures.

As temperatures dipped below zero on January 12, leaders from the Woyatan Lutheran Church and Wambli Ska Society were notified that they needed to close their makeshift warming shelter.

RAPID CITY, S.D. – With area temperatures forecasted to plummet below zero degrees, Rapid City public safety agencies and human service providers are ramping up efforts to protect the citys

Local history 50 years ago: 1974 Altoona Area School officials defended the book “Catcher in the Rye,” which was used in a class, from some Altoona residents who wanted it banned as being pornographic. Assistant Superintendent Ardell Feeley answered “he did and enjoyed it” when asked if he would want his son to read it. […]

Local history 50 years ago: Jan. 9, 1974 The Bureau of the Census, Philadelphia office, announced that Blair County would be part of a nationwide survey on employment and unemployment the following week for the U.S. Dept. of Labor when it announced the monthly national employment rate. Mary J. Weidley of Tyrone was to be […]

Eucalyptus could have been a Millennial house of brands but instead it hitched its wagon to the breakout drug of 2023, triggering controversy and sales.

Local history 50 years ago: Jan. 5, 1974 Frank S. Smith retired as president of the First National Bank of Altoona after 49 years of service but was to remain chairman of the board. He graduated from Girard College in 1925 and started as a bank messenger. He was active in the Altoona Enterprise’s Jobs […]