radioNovo News for Stroudsburg: July 2, 2026

RNN STROUDSBURG 07/02/26          BRACE YOURSELF FOR A BRUTAL HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THE POCONOS REMAIN LOCKED IN A SIX-DAY HEAT WAVE, WITH DANGEROUSLY HIGH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TODAY AND TOMORROW....... COMPLETE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY THAT WILL DRIVE THE HEAT INDEX TO A DANGEROUS LEVEL THROUGH SATURDAY.  EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT.            THE HISTORIC MILFORD STAR WILL SHINE ONCE AGAIN OVER THE DELAWARE WATER GAP STARTING TOMORROW NIGHT. REMOVED IN 2017 AFTER A CENTURY ON MILFORD KNOB, THE LANDMARK WAS BROUGHT BACK BY A COMMUNITY-LED FUNDRAISING MOVEMENT. LOCAL VOLUNTEERS WILL MAINTAIN THE STAR, WHICH RETURNS JUST IN TIME TO CELEBRATE AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY THIS FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND.            STATE FLAGS WILL FLY AT HALF STAFF THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND TO HONOR TROOPER MIKE PAHIRA, WHO WAS STRUCK BY A TRACTOR TRAILER AND KILLED YESTERDAY MORNING ALONG I-81 SOUTH IN CASS TOWNSHIP, SCUYLKILL COUNTY.