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Last Updated: October 27, 2020 - 11:52am

DANVILLE — The teachers at Danville Area School District may strike as soon as Monday after negotiations broke down last night, a letter from the superintendent to parents states.

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Last Updated: October 17, 2020 - 10:54am

BERWICK — Tonight’s Wilkes-Barre at Berwick high school football game has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns in the Wilkes-Barre school district.

The announcement was made...

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Last Updated: October 16, 2020 - 3:43pm

MILLVILLE — First responders rescued a pair of bulldogs from the second floor of a home here after a fire began while the residents were out Friday morning.

The blaze gutted an...

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Last Updated: October 15, 2020 - 10:40am

HARRISBURG — A concrete plan on how to combine Bloomsburg University with two other universities could be up for consideration by the State System Board of Governors as early as the...

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Last Updated: October 14, 2020 - 11:20am

BERWICK — The Berwick Hospital Center is being sold, Commonwealth Health System said in a surprise announcement Wednesday morning.

The hospital will now be independent,...

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Last Updated: October 12, 2020 - 2:51pm

BERWICK — Two teens — one only 16 years old — have been arrested in connection with early-morning gunfire here Sunday, police say.

No one was hurt in the gunplay, which took place...

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Last Updated: October 2, 2020 - 6:36am

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said early Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, a stunning announcement that plunges the country...

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Last Updated: September 30, 2020 - 11:23am

MAHONING TWP. — Grandview Nursing and Rehab near Danville is in the midst of an outbreak of COVID-19, according to a letter posted to its website, with 36...

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Last Updated: September 29, 2020 - 12:14pm

BERWICK — The Berwick Area School District has shut down in-person classes — and all extracurriculars — for at least the remainder of the week after a fifth COVID-19 case turned up in...

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Last Updated: September 16, 2020 - 1:28pm

BLOOMSBURG — The State System of Higher Education is looking at the possibility of combining certain aspects of Bloomsburg University with two other PASSHE schools, BU's president said...

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Last Updated: September 4, 2020 - 5:53pm

Columbia County’s sheriff’s department may help town and university police patrol Bloomsburg to break up large off-campus parties in an effort to prevent spread of coronavirus.

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Last Updated: September 2, 2020 - 6:28pm

BLOOMSBURG — Bloomsburg University has another 50 cases of COVID-19 among its students and staff, bringing the school's total to 218 cases, according to numbers the school released...

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Last Updated: August 27, 2020 - 1:45pm

BLOOMSBURG — Beginning Monday, Bloomsburg University will shift students almost entirely to online courses in response to an outbreak of coronavirus cases among students.

The...

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Last Updated: August 26, 2020 - 5:44pm

BLOOMSBURG — In two days, Bloomsburg University has recorded 40 more COVID-19 cases, pushing the total of BU-related cases to 90 less than two weeks since classes started, according to...

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