radioNOVO News for Altoona: August 7, 2026

RNN ALTOONA 08/07/26          REPAIRS TO THE BLAIR COUNTY EMPLOYEE PARKING GARAGE ON MULBERRY STREET ARE GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE.               A CHANGE ORDER ADDING MORE THAN 226-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED YESTERDAY, AFTER WORK CREWS UNCOVERED ADDITIONAL HIDDEN DAMAGE.           THE BELEAGUERED STRUCTURE HAS HAD WATER LEAKS AND FALLING CONCRETE SINCE IT OPENED IN 1999.  PART OF THIS CURRENT EFFORT INCLUDES A POLYURETHANE OVERLAY APPLIED ON THE UPPER LEVEL TO PREVENT FUTURE DAMAGE.           ALL REPAIRS ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY FALL........... WITH A REOPENING OF THE GARAGE BY LATE OCTOBER.          A MARTINSBURG MAN FACES FELONY CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE DROVE OVER 90 MILES PER HOUR IN A 35-MILE-PER-HOUR ZONE, CAUSING A CRASH THAT CRITICALLY INJURED ANOTHER DRIVER LAST SEPTEMBER.            22-YEAR-OLD DRAVEN DANIEL AHERN WAS ARRAIGNED WEDNESDAY FOLLOWING A STATE POLICE CRASH RECONSTRUCTION. AUTHORITIES SAY HIS DODGE DART STRUCK A VEHICLE HEAD-ON BEFORE CATCHING FIRE IN BLAIR COUNTY.