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Published on November 24, 2020 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG — Allison Brooks is an athletic trainer by day and a baker of cookies, cakes and cupcakes by night — or any other time of day she has free...
Published on November 20, 2020 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG — Columbia County commissioners approved a 6% property tax hike Thursday to balance the county’s $32 million budget for 2021....
Published on November 19, 2020 - Page 1
DANVILLE — Danville’s school board and unionized teachers have agreed to a four-year contract that gives the faculty of 191 teachers annual pay...
Published on November 18, 2020 - Page 1
DANVILLE — Geisinger patients awaiting COVID-19 or flu test results now will get automated calls with news of the results within 24 hours of their...
Published on November 17, 2020 - Page 1
POINT TWP. — A section of Route 11 between Danville and Northumberland likely will be closed the rest of this week after an early morning rock slide...
Published on November 17, 2020 - Page 1
FRANKLIN TWP. — The Southern Columbia school district would not need a substantial property tax hike to take on more debt to renovate the Columbia...
Published on November 16, 2020 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG — Columbia County officials heard as far back as the summer of 2019 that PNC Bank would close its branch office at the southeast corner of...
Published on November 14, 2020 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG — When a young man crashed a car into and damaged the town’s historic David Stroup Fountain on Market Square on Oct. 17, town officials...
Published on November 11, 2020 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG — Columbia County got three mail-in votes last week from voters who are dead, according to county Election Director Matthew Repasky. But...
Published on November 10, 2020 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — Catawissa borough hall is temporarily closed as a precaution after the spouse of a borough employee tested positive for coronavirus over...
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Published on October 26, 2020 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — It took just an hour for Catawissa’s fire company to sell half of the 100 chances it was offering in its latest online raffle, according...
Published on October 28, 2020 - Page 1
HARRISBURG —Convicted killer Anthony Rocco Franklin has lost in his latest bid for a new trial in the 2012 murder of Frank Spencer. A panel of state...
Published on October 29, 2020 - Page 1
BENTON — Benton Area School District has its first confirmed coronavirus case of the school year, but the district plans to move ahead with in-person...
Published on November 1, 2020 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG — Robyn Madara Jay and husband William Jay of Hemlock Township had some sleepless nights last week, wondering if the mail-in ballots they...
Published on November 1, 2020 - Page 1
Area voters will have more on their plates Tuesday than seating the next President of the United States. In addition to electing an attorney...
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