radioNovo News for Johnstown: September 4, 2026

RNN JOHNSTOWN 09/04/26          WESTMONT BOROUGH DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY LATE LAST NIGHT AFTER A POWERFUL THUNDERSTORM SWEPT THROUGH CAMBRIA COUNTY, SHUTTING DOWN ALL BOROUGH STREETS. THE WEST HILLS FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO 42 STORM-RELATED CALLS BETWEEN 7:40 AND 8:40 LAST NIGHT.............WHILE CAMBRIA COUNTY 911 OPERATED IN FULL STORM MODE. AS OF THIS MORNING, OVER 16-THOUSAND FIRSTENERGY CUSTOMERS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER, WITH THE HEAVIEST CONCENTRATION OF CALLS COMING FROM WESTMONT, STONYCREEK, AND THE CITY OF JOHNSTOWN.            THE HISTORIC JOHNSTOWN INCLINE PLANE REOPENS TODAY FOLLOWING AN EXTENSIVE REHABILITATION PROJECT TO RESTORE THE ICONIC 130-YEAR-OLD LANDMARK. THE CAMBRIA COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITY ANNOUNCED THE WORLD'S STEEPEST VEHICULAR INCLINE IS OFFERING THIRTY DAYS OF FREE RIDES TO CELEBRATE ITS RETURN AND CAMTRAN'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY. OPERATIONS BEGIN TODAY AT ELEVEN A.M., RUNNING THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH SPECIAL HOLIDAY HOURS.