radioNovo News for Johnstown: September 9, 2026

RNN JOHNSTOWN 09/09/26          CAMBRIA COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE ASKING RESIDENTS TO REPORT ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE THEY SUFFERED FROM LAST WEEK’S SEVERE WIND STORM. SEVERE WEATHER BATTERED UPPER YODER, WESTMONT, AND JOHNSTOWN.......... DAMAGING AT LEAST 17 STRUCTURES AND LEAVING THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER.           EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS NEED RESIDENTS TO COMPLETE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FORMS ONLINE.......... AT E-M-A AT CAMBRIA 9-1-1 DOT ORG HELP THE REGION QUALIFY FOR STATE AID AND LOW-INTEREST REPAIR LOANS.          FORMER PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR MARK SCHWEIKER AND PSYCHIATRIST DR. GLENN KASHURBA REUNITED IN SHANKSVILLE LAST NIGHT TO REFLECT ON SEPTEMBER 11TH. SPEAKING AT A PUBLIC FORUM, BOTH RECALLED THE OVERWHELMING COMMUNITY RESPONSE FOLLOWING THE CRASH OF FLIGHT 93. SCHWEIKER, WHO BECAME GOVERNOR LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER THE ATTACK,  PRAISED THE CIVIC ENERGY OF RURAL SOMERSET COUNTY, NOTING HOW THE TRAGEDY FOREVER SHIFTED THE STATE.          THE 134TH ANNUAL AMERICAN LEGION COUNTY FAIR CONTINUES THIS WEEK AT THE CAMBRIA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, ALONG OLD U.S. ROUTE 219, JUST NORTH OF EBENSBURG.  THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, FAIRGOERS WILL SEE ANIMAL DISPLAYS, AMUSEMENT RIDES, FOOD VENDORS AND PLENTY OF ACTION AT THE GRANDSTAND, INCLUDING DEMOLITION DERBIES AND A MONSTER TRUCK SHOW ROUNDING OUT THE FAIR SATURDAY NIGHT.