Police and emergency crews responded to two minor crashes today, both due to winter road conditions, a supervisor at Cambria County 911 said.
One was in Richland Township at the intersection of Parker Road and Kring Street. The second was on Route 22 in Cresson Township at the Portage Exit ramp.
No serious injuries were reported.
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Disaster prep goes digital: Technology aids alerts, response
Caitria O’Neill remembers her reaction to hearing tornado warnings on June 1, 2011. She went to the grocery store, she said, “because I live in Massachusetts, and we don’t get tornadoes.”
Although social media and the Internet can be useful during emergencies, the traditional Emergency Alert System along with well-trained emergency responders using the latest technology and neighbors helping neighbors remain the best ways to handle emergencies, local officials said.
The executive director of the Cambria County Department of Emergency Services believes emergency preparedness saved many lives when a devastating tornado struck Moore, Okla., on Monday.
A state lawmaker has proposed that all special education services for cyber school students be funneled through the state’s regional educational intermediate units.
The Johnstown Flood National Memorial and Friends of the Johnstown Flood National Memorial held an open house Saturday at the South Fork Fishing & Hunting Clubhouse to commemorate the 124th anniversary of the 1889 Johnstown Flood.
MICHELE M. BENDER | Pearl’s ident-kitty theft
I love my name, Pearl. My human, Denise, bloomed as a ’60s flower child. She could have called me “Moonglow,” “Chablis” or (gag) “Snowball.”
Two local high schools, two businesses and a health-care worker were honored recently at the annual meeting of the American Red Cross Blood Services Greater Alleghenies Region in Morgantown, W.Va.
Law gives free clinics a boost
Gov. Tom Corbett has signed into law a bill that would provide $4 million to provide grants for community health clinics, with at least 70 percent of that money directed to the state’s smallest counties.
A Seward motorcyclist was injured in a motorcycle-car accident just after 3 p.m. Saturday on Purple Heart Trail near Elton Road in Richland Township.
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