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  • Free Zoom Course for Families Dealing with Substance Abuse to Begin

    May 7, 2020

    Stacey Karchner, a Family Recovery Life coach through the BALM (Be A Loving Mirror) Family Recovery Program, will teach a free seven-week course for those affected by another’s addiction/substance use. The course will be held online through Zoom on Mondays from 5:30 to 8 p.m. once a week for seven weeks. Enrollment is free, and the course will begin May 11. Karchner said the course is funded by Blair Drug and Alcohol in Altoona. “BALM evolved around the fact that those with Substance Use Disorder are human beings and deserving of love just as a...

  • Health Care Providers Recognized

    May 7, 2020

    Homewood at Martinsburg is recognizing the health care providers who are working so hard to care for the residents at the retirement community....

  • MedExpress in Altoona Offering COVID-19 Testing

    May 7, 2020

    COVID-19 testing is available at designated MedExpress Urgent Care locations in Pennsylvania, including Altoona. MedExpress testing locations are completing COVID-19 testing from individuals’ cars, if needed, to further limit exposure. Testing is only available to those who meet CDC-based screening criteria. The company has also added the option for patients to visit a licensed health care professional virtually from the comfort of their own home." Individuals who are seeking COVID-19 testing are asked to visit www.medexpress.com/covid19 to r...

  • St. Luke's Church to Hand Out Meals

    May 7, 2020

    St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Roaring Spring will continue with weekly food giveaways from 2 to 5 p.m. every Friday for the time being. This week, the church will give away beef noodle soup. Meals will be distributed in a drive-thru fashion beside the church on Main Street in front of the church. The meals are for families who reside in the Cove and surrounding areas....

  • Simplify Farm Risk Management with USDA Risk Management Checklist

    May 7, 2020

    Risk management takes many forms, and to simplify the planning process, Penn State Extension and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Risk Management Agency has published an updated risk management checklist for new or experienced farmers. The USDA Risk Management Checklist tools identify topics for consideration when planning. Topics include traditional areas of risk; production, marketing, financial, legal, human, and general and was expanded to include food safety and electronic risks that agriculture now faces. In addition,...