SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. (WJAC) — After its first year of operation, the White House VA hotline has answered the calls of nearly 130,000 veterans, who otherwise might be lost in a complex system. With problems ranging from residential care and VA benefits to just having a listening ear, veterans across the country are able to call the fully staffed support center stationed in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, for aid, according to NBC.

Blair Co., PA (WJAC) — Tuesday was a "bittersweet” day for the staff and patrons of the Altoona Public Library as they hosted a birthday and goodbye celebration for two "furry members" of their staff. For the past several years, the library has housed two ferrets. Last week, one of the ferrets, “Draco,” was diagnosed with some significant health issues. The staff made the difficult decision to retire her and her friend “Juniper” to the Wall-to-Wall Ferret Sanctuary in Hollidaysburg, where they will receive the care they need to live the rest of their lives comfortably.

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MARTINSBURG/BLAIR COUNTY, Pa — In Blair County today, the Town of Martinsburg paid homage to a group of Civil War heroes who fought in the Battle of Gettysburg. 70 Union soldiers from the Morrisons Cove Area were honored with a memorial in Morrisons Cove Memorial Park on Saturday. Former Martinsburg Borough Manager Randy Stoltz spent several years researching and planning to make this possible. “I’m very excited to see this day come, it’s been two years in the the making, we got started two years ago and then COVID kind of slowed everything down,"

HUNTINGDON COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — Raystown Lake authorities are warning anglers not to leave behind fishing tackle after a baby bald eagle was found dead with lines and lures in its beak and talons. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the fledgling’s death is not an isolated incident and every year their rangers have to help wildlife entangled in fishing line, hooks and other tackle. “When any animal becomes entangled in fishing line or netting, a painful struggle ensues,” rangers wrote on Facebook.