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On April 11th, Altoona High School hosted their community engagement event, gathering over 50 community members, from the sheriff, to secondary educators, and even students, to coordinate how to ...

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EAU CLAIRE COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - A dredging project for Lake Altoona has been delayed after Eau Claire County did not grant funding for the project. Michele Skinner, the chair of the Lake Altoona ...

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Madison Adamiak, Altoona; Rylee Albright, Altoona; Madison Alexy, Hollidaysburg; Hannah Anderson, Tyrone; Lauren Anderson, Tyrone; Leigha Anderson, Smithmill; Ketan ...

Today means "the current day", so if you're asking what day of the week it is, it can only be in present tense, since it's still that day for the whole 24 hours. In other contexts, it's okay to say, for example, "Today has been a nice day" nearer the end of the day, when the events that made it a nice day are finished (or at least, nearly so).

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Today Was vs Today Is - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

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Today had been the worst day of my life. seems awkward, as today is not understood to mean on this day (the original meaning). In narrative, an event that is happened in the past is narrated as it is the present, as in: It is the 1st of April, 2006. Today will be the worst day of my life. Outside that specific context, I would write

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Neither are clauses, but "today in the afternoon" is grammatical (adverbial phrase of time), while "today afternoon" is not. I would also suggest "this afternoon" as a more succinct and idiomatic alternative to "today in the afternoon".