radioNOVO News for Altoona: June 29, 2026

RNN ALTOONA 06/29/26          BLAIR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE HIT A SNAG IN THEIR EFFORTS TO BUY LAND NEAR DUNCANSVILLE FOR A NEW COUNTY PRISON............ THEY DON'T HAVE REQUIRED COPIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS NEEDED FOR THE PURCHASE.  COMMISSIONER AMY WEBSTER SAYS ENGINEERS WITH THE COUNTY'S ARCHITECTURAL FIRM ONLY TOLD THEM VERBALLY THAT THE REVIEWS FOUND NO ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS WITH THE LAND.  HOWEVER, WHEN THE ALTOONA MIRROR REQUESTED THE REPORTS THROUGH THE RIGHT-TO-KNOW LAW, WEBSTER SAID THERE WERE NO DOCUMENTS.  NEGOTIATIONS TO ACQUIRE THE SITE ARE CONTINUING.            A TYRONE MAN IS FACING HOMICIDE-RELATED DRUG CHARGES AFTER STATE POLICE SAY HE SOLD FENTANYL, HEROIN AND METHAMPHETAMINE TIED TO THREE DEATHS AND A FOURTH OVERDOSE IN BLAIR COUNTY. 57-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL RIGGLEMAN IS CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF DRUG DELIVERY RESULTING IN DEATH, ALONG WITH MULTIPLE DRUG TRAFFICKING OFFENSES. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE FATAL OVERDOSES ALL HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 19TH.  RIGGLEMAN'S BAIL WAS DENIED, AND HE'S BEING HELD IN THE BLAIR COUNTY PRISON.