On this national holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., some people might be wondering what can be said about him that has not already been said. That’s a fair, logical question, considering how King’s life, speeches, leadership and the goals and causes he promoted have ...

It is difficult for the average person to understand what parameters might be in play when the words “preliminary research” are used in connection with the battle against cancer. Unfortunately, on the issue of trying to determine the right time to stop cancer immunotherapy, medical ...

All considered, the Blair County Community Action Program probably will be better off under the eventual control of the Everett-based Center for Community Action than as it currently exists. The bulk of Blair residents probably have been unaware of how much the local agency’s problems have ...

In the days leading up to Christmas, without referring to it as such, the Internal Revenue Service revealed that it would be giving a “Christmas present” to roughly 4.6 million Americans who owe back taxes for the tax years 2020 and 2021, as an incentive for those taxpayers to pay up their ...

An article published in the Mirror’s Dec. 11 edition not only reported on the Beaver County community of Aliquippa’s exodus from state fiscally distressed status. That article also delved into Altoona’s exodus from the same program in 2017 after only five years of that unwanted ...

America’s current political climate already is portending that 2024 could end up being one of this nation’s most ugly years ever. What a terrible observation on which to welcome or anchor a new year, but it is true. This country is engaged in a dangerous “game” inside politics that ...