4+ hour, 8+ min ago  (702+ words) Do Just One Thing Danny Seo The next time you change out the water in an aquarium, don't toss the "dirty" water down the drain. That cloudy, murky water is full of nutrients that your plants will love, including good…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1161+ words) A proposed multi-million-dollar sewer project along Reservoir Road between West Loop Road and Brooks Mills is in jeopardy because the Blair Township Water and Sewer Authority no longer has enough time to start and finish the project's first phase before…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (421+ words) HOLLIDAYSBURG " Gaysport residents may have to wait a while longer for their long-sought floodwater remediation pond after the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office issued a recommendation for an expanded study of the project site in June. Workers discovered a number…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (142+ words) Wendy Whitten, "The Singing Scientist," sings about the importance of water in our world as students help out during a Science Rocks program at Juniata Elementary School on Monday afternoon. Students at Juniata Elementary School "swim" as they learn about…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (366+ words) The Altoona Water Authority is applying for a pair of grants that would pay for renewal of a pair of passive acid mine drainage treatment facilities above Horseshoe Curve. One grant for $1. 4 million would pay for reconstruction of the Spaghetti…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (227+ words) A summer short of rain prompted state officials Monday to declare a drought watch in 25 counties mostly in western Pennsylvania. The action by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) marks the second fall in a row where drought conditions…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (424+ words) The Altoona Water Authority at a recent meeting authorized the transfer of 15 tons of the Class A soil amendment that it produces with its anaerobic digester and dryer to an employee who is a farmer, so the employee can conduct…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (322+ words) The East Broad Top Archives will host a special lecture on the geology of Broad Top Mountain on Saturday, June 14. Clifford H. Dodge, retired Senior Geologist of the Pennsylvania Geological Survey, will present at the Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum,…...