How does Pennsylvania reverse an ongoing decline in its rural population? A question recently discussed in Altoona.

Mark Carney, 59, who steered the Bank of Canada through the 2008 global financial crisis and the Bank of England through Brexit, but who has never been elected to office, won a leadership race on ...

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Under Mark Cuban, who remains a minority owner after selling a controlling stake to the Adelson family for $3.5 billion, the Mavericks kept Dirk Nowitzki for 21 seasons. Many expected Dončić to ...

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“Sometimes a very small project in a rural area has a huge impact,” Pennsylvania Rural Development Council Executive Director Mark Critz, a former congressman from Johnstown, said during the ...

ALTOONA — The importance that grant funding will play in developing the future of Pennsylvania’s small towns was emphasized Friday at a Pennsylvania Rural Population Revitalization Commission ...

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