ALTOONA —
The Altoona Regional Health System says it plans to discuss an affiliation with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Altoona officials say in a Wednesday statement that no final decisions have been made, but an affiliation could enhance services.
UPMC spokesman Paul Wood says they look forward to further discussions. UPMC, which already owns 19 hospitals in western Pennsylvania, is based in Pittsburgh.
Altoona Regional has 380 beds.
The average taxpayer in Windber Area School District, with a property assessed at $21,000, will see his tax bill rise by $22 next year.
Allegheny County Judge Jack McVay has beaten Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Joseph Waters Jr. for the Democratic nomination for a vacant seat on the state Superior Court.
Federal authorities raided the home and office of a Cambria County family physician who specializes in pain management and carried away boxes of medical and financial records on Tuesday.
Fans of country-western and classic rock music will have a nightspot catering to them when two veteran restaurant owners open their new endeavor in John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport terminal building.
Eunice Ussar lives alone in her modest Johnstown home. With no family and few friends, the 85-year-old widow has only her two cats for companionship.
The average taxpayer in Windber Area School District, with a property assessed at $21,000, will see his tax bill rise by $22 next year.
Federal authorities raided the home and office of a Cambria County family physician who specializes in pain management and carried away boxes of medical and financial records on Tuesday.
Fans of country-western and classic rock music will have a nightspot catering to them when two veteran restaurant owners open their new endeavor in John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport terminal building.
Eunice Ussar lives alone in her modest Johnstown home. With no family and few friends, the 85-year-old widow has only her two cats for companionship.
Sasha Palmer will embark on a new chapter as a women’s basketball coach next month.
St. Francis men’s basketball coach Rob Krimmel filled a vacancy on his coaching staff Monday with the hiring of Mike Sumney as an associate head coach.
Goalie Anderson gives Senators a chance
Craig Anderson has his game back, and just in time to give the Senators a chance.
Ottawa rallies to top Pittsburgh
Colin Greening scored 7:39 into double overtime, and the Ottawa Senators rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins that cut their series deficit to 2-1 on Sunday night.
Daniel Alfredsson got Ottawa even 1-1 by scoring a short-handed goal with 29 seconds left in regulation just after the Senators pulled goalie Craig Anderson for an extra skater.
Locke grinds through as Pirates blank Astros
Jeff Locke didn’t have his best stuff Sunday. He didn’t need it to shut down the majors’ worst team.
Locke allowed three hits over seven innings, Pedro Alvarez homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates won for the eighth time in 10 games, 1-0 over the Houston.
Locke (4-1) won his fourth straight decision and gave up one run or fewer for the fifth time in his past eight outings. He struck out four and walked three.
Jazz Along the River will be back again this summer. The monthly jazz event has become a fixture at St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church pavilion, Fifth Avenue and Power Street in the Cambria City section of Johnstown. The series of concerts will feature a different jazz group on the fourth Friday of each month through September.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike will take a "leap of faith" with its new electric-vehicle charging stations.
VIDEO | Sci-Fi expo connects with fans
The Force is strong with Casey Bassett.
In two years of feverish planning and laborious love, the 24-year-old has roughly tripled the size of his homegrown geek convention, Sci-Fi Valley Con, being held this year at the Jaffa Shrine in Altoona. Today is the 2013 convention’s final day.
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