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Published on December 12, 2025 - Page 1
NESCOPECK TWP. -- Supervisors here passed an ordinance Thursday to limit where data centers can be built in the township. But an attorney for a data...
Published on December 12, 2025 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- The Danville Child Development Center is looking to sell its 9.73-acre property at 1459 Bloom Road as it consolidates staff and students...
Published on December 12, 2025 - Page 1
Sometimes those in their late 30s and 40s are described as a "sandwich generation," caught between caring for aging parents and young children. For...
Published on December 12, 2025 - Page 1
SHICKSHINNY -- No one was hurt in a two-vehicle crash here Thursday morning that extensively damaged a work van and limited traffic to a single lane...
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Late Night Shoppers' Night is tonight and downtown Danville is in full festive swing with twinkling lights and music, Santa Claus in his cottage...
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DANVILLE -- The Mahoning Township Supervisors unanimously approved the 2026 budget Monday with no tax increase. It projects $4,121,200 in revenue and...
Published on December 11, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- Commonwealth University will undergo an administrative restructuring that includes using West Chester University administrators to fill...
Published on December 11, 2025 - Page 1
LOCK HAVEN -- The Commonwealth University Council of Trustees has voted to keep Interim President Jeff Osgood -- but the State System of Higher...
Published on December 11, 2025 - Page 1
ELYSBURG -- The Ralpho Township supervisors have voted to allow a roadside wine stand in a residential district. Before their monthly meeting Tuesday...
Published on December 11, 2025 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- An ALS clinic on Justin Drive is celebrating 20 years of partnering with a national organization to provide care for more than 300...
Published on December 11, 2025 - Page 1
One refrain the members of the Brighter Christmas Fund board frequently heard this year from applicants: While jobs are still out there, many...
Published on December 11, 2025 - Page 1
GROVANIA -- A zoning hearing on a proposed waste transfer station here was continued Tuesday night to give the Mahoning-Cooper Joint Zoning Board...
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The Tigers defeated the Farrell High Steelers 43-22 on Dec. 5 to bring home a 15th State Championship. Book signing set Local author Matthew Leavens...
Published on December 11, 2025 - Page 3
WASHINGTONVILLE --One man was taken to the hospital Tuesday night after an explosion in a propane shed here, a fire official says. The explosion...
Published on December 11, 2025 - Page 4
Food giveaway was last Friday The Not Bread Alone Ministries will not hold a food giveaway Friday, Dec. 12, at the old KMart parking lot along West...
Published on December 11, 2025 - Page 5
DANVILLE -- One of seven races in Montour County that were tied at the end of the November general election was settled by the drawing of lots...
Published on December 10, 2025 - Page 1
LIME RIDGE -- Geisinger scientists hope to find out if there is a connection between PFAS "forever chemicals" in people's bloodstreams and health...
Published on December 10, 2025 - Page 1
LIME RIDGE -- Thanks to some local police departments, a few more families in the Central Columbia school district will have Christmas trees and...
Published on December 10, 2025 - Page 1
Florence's dad always told her education could be her road out of poverty. After a detour in her teen years, Florence said she's back on the right...
Published on December 10, 2025 - Page 3
Winterfest returns to Berwick this weekend, celebrating the joy and, yes, warmth, that light our coldest months. The main part of the downtown...
Published on December 10, 2025 - Page 3
BERWICK -- Bystanders pulled a suicidal 17-year-old boy from the edge of the Berwick-Nescopeck bridge Tuesday, a police chief says. Briar Creek...
Published on December 10, 2025 - Page 5
BLOOMSBURG -- Columbia County officials are advising CodeRED subscribers to change their passwords immediately due to a recent cyberattack on the...
Published on December 9, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A state investigation into how "forever chemicals" contaminated well water in Columbia County has expanded; it now includes seven...
Published on December 9, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- The state Department of Environmental Protection seized records from the Bloomsburg Municipal Authority regarding its decades-old...
Published on December 9, 2025 - Page 1
NESCOPECK -- A large section of a modular home slid off its trailer Monday morning and hit two vehicles coming the other way. Bill Koch, 57, of New...
Published on December 9, 2025 - Page 1
HETLERVILLE -- Households picking up their groceries from the Nescopeck Community Cupboard today will find an extra treat inside -- a pound of...
Published on December 9, 2025 - Page 1
ELYSBURG -- A company plans to lay off more than half the workers at its plant here early next year, a spokesman said on Monday. Great Dane's...
Published on December 9, 2025 - Page 3
St. Gabriel in the Pines, north of Benton, will observe "Wreaths Across America" on Saturday with a wreath-laying ceremony in the church cemetery...
Published on December 9, 2025 - Page 3
There are hard times, and then there's what the Green family has faced this year. Frances and Lenny Green, both in their 30s, thought they were on a...
Published on December 9, 2025 - Page 4
MILLVILLE -- Here are Millville Junior/Senior High School honor roll students for the first marking period: Distinguished Honors * Grade 7 --...