Members of the Hollidaysburg Community Band had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and packed their instruments earlier this month to travel to France in celebration of D-Day’s 82nd anniversary. On June 6, 1944, about 160,000 Allied troops invaded a 50-mile stretch of beaches in Normandy, ...
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Three firefighters killed over the weekend in a wildfire along the Colorado-Utah border were trying to shield themselves from flames by deploying tent-like shelters when they were overcome, authorities said. The firefighters were part of a specialized crew that goes into remote areas by helicopter to quickly put out new and rapidly escalating wildfires, federal officials said Monday. Their deaths Saturday came almost 13 years to the day since an elite crew of 19 wildland firefighters died when they were trapped in a steep canyon in Yarnell, Arizona. Like ...
It was a complete surprise to Hollidaysburg Community Band member Jamie Walter when she found a photo of her Navy veteran grandfather displayed in the Utah Beach Landing Museum in France. Juniata native James Vance was one of the few survivors on the destroyer USS Corry that sank during the ...
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela — With the window for finding survivors shrinking fast, Venezuelans combed Monday through more ruins of buildings toppled by last week’s powerful back-to-back earthquakes, and attention turned to the country’s humanitarian crisis that could persist for years. Relief organizations say the first 72 hours after a natural disaster is the most crucial time period for rescues, though survival can be extended if people have access to food and water. Five days after the twin quakes, questions loomed about whether the cash-strapped government will be able to ...
A cooling center will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Thursday, July 2, at the Salvation Army building, 1813 Sixth Ave., Altoona, for anyone needing a place to rest and stay cool as temperatures are expected to climb into the mid-90s this week. According to Accuweather, a “prolonged and dangerous heat wave is expected this week.” Area residents are reminded to stay hydrated and to check on neighbors who may need assistance during the heat wave.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Summer camp and other outdoor activities were canceled or delayed Monday as a heat wave held its grip on the Midwest and spread eastward. Communities opened cooling centers and urged people to take it easy and stay hydrated. “Overall, we’re looking at just a really hot and humid pattern. It’s going to be with us through most of the week,” Andrew Ansorge, a meteorologist in Des Moines, Iowa, said of the first prolonged period of heat this summer. Much of Iowa and big chunks of the Midwest were under an extreme heat warning through at least Tuesday. ...
