The Blair County Department of Emergency Services is planning to create a drone program that would likely resemble one that has been established in Cambria County, according to officials at the most recent meeting of the Local Emergency Planning Committee. Drones equipped with GPS, cameras, lights, loudspeakers and heat sensors could help monitor flooding, locate […]
Blair County and surrounding areas will remain under a flood watch until 8 a.m. Thursday as forecasters expect up to 3 inches of rainfall to overwhelm already saturated grounds. “Our biggest concern is the rain,” John Bowen, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said. “Expect flooding in poor drainage areas and urban areas. We […]
The struggle a few years ago to accumulate masks, gloves, gowns and other personal protective equipment to deal with COVID-19 has led to a much less urgent though still real problem for some organizations that received personal protective equipment: how to handle the overabundance that remains. Managers are dealing with crowded storage spaces, […]
When soon-to-be high school juniors Isaiah Scott and Daniel Theys came to the Hollidaysburg stadium Friday afternoon to practice soccer, they waited awhile in a
High temperatures and humidity are expected to arrive in the area on Thursday, with Friday being the hottest and most humid, Accuweather senior meteorologist Da