radioNovo News for Johnstown: July 16, 2026

RNN JOHNSTOWN 07/16/26             THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS DECLARING A STATEWIDE CODE RED AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO CANADIAN WILDFIRE SMOKE.  DEP WARNS FINE PARTICULATE MATTER IN THE AIR TODAY COULD REACH A LEVEL THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE.  RESIDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE GROUPS SUCH AS CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY.            OVER 22-MILLION DOLLARS IN STATE FUNDING IS COMING TO LOCAL WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS. IN CAMBRIA COUNTY, NANTY GLO RECEIVED A 7.2--MILLION-DOLLAR GRANT FOR FILTRATION PLANT UPGRADES, SAVING RESIDENTS FROM A MASSIVE 69-PERCENT RATE HIKE. MEANWHILE, IN SOMERSET COUNTY, HOOVERSVILLE BOROUGH SECURED AN 11-MILLION-DOLLAR GRANT AND LOAN FOR A WATERLINE EXTENSION, AND CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIP WAS AWARDED NEARLY 10.8 MILLION DOLLARS FOR A SANITARY SEWER EXPANSION.          THE FUNDING COMES THROUGHT THE PENNSYLVANIA INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AUTHORITY.......... PENNVEST.