Cambria County News

The Cambria County commissioners announced Thursday that a secured bank deal, taking effect at the start of 2014, would refinance $19 million in debt over the next 15 years and allow the county to assume a new $5 million loan, to be paid over the next eight years.

The Cambria County commissioners on Thursday commended Pitt-Johnstown President Jem Spectar for completion of the university's six-year strategic plan.

Christmas is coming early to Ebensburg, with the borough's eighth annual Dickens of a Christmas set to kick off Friday.

According to a release, unknown suspects cut through a chain-linked fence surrounding the Cambria County 911 tower behind Valenty's Bottled Water, 200 Buckwheat Hill Rd., Nicktown.

One of the men involved in a deadly shooting by police in June of last year has pleaded guilty to selling heroin.

A FirstEnergy spokesman said around 16,000 Penelec customers suffered outages beginning around 10 p.m. Tuesday night.

Trout Unlimited has partnered with the Chest Creek Watershed Alliance and four local municipalities in Cambria and Clearfield counties to host a series of public meetings and to develop educational signs that will be placed at four locations throughout the Chest Creek Watershed.

Ebensburg is poised to become the first local municipality to begin charging residents an extra utility bill to help fund creation of a stormwater-management system.

Gov. Tom Corbett plans to sign into law next week a massive transportation bill that will raise $2.4 billion over the next five years to repair Pennsylvania's crumbling bridges and highways, shore up mass transit and pump money into air, rail and other projects.

Nov. 22 -- EBENSBURG -- The Cambria County commissioners Thursday introduced a 2014 general fund budget which is $1.7 million less than the current spending plan and one they say is balanced without a tax increase.

Cambria County commissioners unveiled a preliminary $60 million 2014 general fund budget Thursday evening during a meeting at Ferndale Area Junior-Senior High School.

Disagreements surrounding the proposed 2014 Cambria County budget were aired Thursday at the regular Cambria County commissioners meeting held at Ferndale High School.

Pennsylvania state senators gave their approval Wednesday to a major transportation spending proposal that proponents hope will end a long journey to modernize travel in the state and stem its rising backlog of bridges, highways and mass transit agency facilities in need of repairs.

Officials could know as soon as this afternoon the extent of work that will be necessary to ameliorate the chronic flooding problem along Candlelight Drive near Route 22. A damaged pipe and inadequate drainage system under a nearby Uni-Mart convenience store has long been thought to be the cause of frequent flooding, plaguing residents and ... (more)

Citing a lack of resources and low demand in the Johnstown-Altoona market, Silver Airways, which operates on behalf of United Express to provide the scheduled flight, will be consolidating its crew and maintenance workers for two of its four aircraft at Dulles, according to Larry Hoover, a pro-bono consultant for the airport authority.

Although the tenative 2014 budget for Cambria County won't be unveiled until Thursday, county fund allocations for the Johnstown/Cambria County Airport were discussed at Tuesday's regular authority meeting.

The flight schedule at the Altoona-Blair County Airport will change Thursday, eliminating the early morning departure and the late night arrival.

The city of Johnstown is down by two plow trucks this winter, but Darby Sprincz, public works director, promises his best effort to keep the streets open through the snow and ice storms.

SOME PARTS OF CAMBRIA COUNTY ARE REPORTING IN WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW AND ROADS ARE SLIPPERY.

One person is dead and another is in serious condition following a two-vehicle head-on collision just after 6 p.m. Monday along Route 219 North.