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🌱 Windber girls take district momentum into state cross country championships

Windber, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 3 min read

Good morning to you Windber! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Windber girls take district momentum into state cross country championships
  • Windber students explore the hospital jobs beyond doctors and nurses

Also on today's calendar: Victorian Holiday House 2026: Travels & Traditions and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 63 and low of 44 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with periods of rain, temps: high: 50, low: 34.
  • Friday: Rain; mixed with snow early, with a high of 39 and low of 29 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Area runners prep for PIAA cross country championships (dailyitem.com) — Windber’s girls head toward Saturday’s state cross country championships with a district team title and three runners who finished in the district’s top five. Sophomore Sophia Weyant led them in second place, followed by Gwendolyn Podrasky in third and Zoey Conley in fifth. The state meet moves from Hershey to Big Spring High School in Newville.
   

• Somerset County area students explore career options during UPMC Somerset visit (wjactv.com) — Windber Area High School students got a hands-on look at hospital careers Tuesday during a visit to UPMC Somerset. Joining students from Meyersdale and the county technology center, they explored work beyond familiar medical jobs, including IT and security, before making their own career choices.
   

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  • Metz Culinary Management posted a job opening for Cook in Windber. Apply here.
  • Community Action Partnership of Cambria County posted a job opening for Custodian in Salix. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Windber here.

🗞 Nearby News

Johnstown

  • Greater Johnstown School Board approves $18M bond to finish Garfield remodel (tribdem.com)
  • Penn Highlands cuts ribbon to showcase new culinary center (tribdem.com)
  • County leaders, local students honor Cambria area veterans with various gatherings (wjactv.com)

Westmont

  • Westmont Borough proposes budget with no tax increase, tables decision on CamTran funding until new formula firms up (tribdem.com)

Ok Windber! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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