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Published on November 17, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Coal Township resident won $13,000 playing a lottery game called Lucky 13, state records show.
That made Rodney Burkman the biggest...
Published on November 17, 2025 - Page 3
Town firefighters have responded to an apartment building at 150 Eyer St. 20 times since Sept. 3, the town fire chief says. Chief Scott McBride said...
Published on November 17, 2025 - Page 3
ASHLAND -- Two men are dead here after one shot the other and then took his own life in what State Police are calling a murder-suicide Friday...
Published on November 16, 2025 - Page 1
BERWICK -- The murderer of a 9-year-old girl buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery Annex here has finally been identified, 63 years after her father...
Published on November 16, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- When Johnetta Kashner first applied to get her Leonard Street home into a grant-funded home improvement program, she gathered together...
Published on November 16, 2025 - Page 1
RUPERT -- Supervisors here approved a proposed spending plan for next year that does not include a tax hike.
The township plans to spend $617,815 in...
Published on November 16, 2025 - Page 1
HARRISBURG -- Two area lawmakers say scrutiny is needed when municipalities are spending state grants like the home-repair program SEDA-COG...
Published on November 15, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- Homeowners in the flood zone here will see more savings on their insurance bills because the town increased its flood awareness...
Published on November 15, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A group of skateboarders asked the town to turn on the lights at the skate park when the sun goes down.
The Town Park feature has four...
Published on November 15, 2025 - Page 1
NESCOPECK -- The Luzerne County coroner said a Danville man was killed Thursday on Interstate 80 near here.
Jamison Styer, 20, died when he crashed...
Published on November 15, 2025 - Page 3
MIFFLINVILLE -- Renovations to the rest stops along Interstate 80 here are nearing completion, according to PennDOT.
The work, which totaled $6.7...
Published on November 15, 2025 - Page 4
ALMEDIA -- A free clothing and household giveaway will be held at Shiloh Bible Church Share Center on Wednesday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. to noon.
All...
Published on November 15, 2025 - Page 4
Marge Wegrzynowicz
Friends of Marge Wegrzynowicz of Bloomsburg request a card shower for her 78th birthday on Nov 27.
Cards can reach her at Glen...
Published on November 14, 2025 - Page 1
By M.J. MAHON
Press Enterprise Writer
BLOOMSBURG — Officials in Columbia and Montour counties expressed relief Wednesday after Gov. Josh Shapiro...
Published on November 14, 2025 - Page 1
SHICKSHINNY -- The Northwest Area school board is considering closing one of its schools to address a nearly $1 million projected shortfall in the...
Published on November 14, 2025 - Page 1
NESCOPECK TWP. -- One person was killed in a fiery crash along Interstate 80 here Thursday morning that shut down the eastbound lanes for hours,...
Published on November 14, 2025 - Page 1
WAPWALLOPEN -- A late-night barn fire near here killed 200 chickens, 15 goats and two or three turkeys, the fire chief says.
The blaze at 387 Pond...
Published on November 14, 2025 - Page 1
BERWICK -- Amazon Web Service representatives announced Thursday night the company will donate $20,000 to the Berwick Theater and $20,000 to the...
Published on November 14, 2025 - Page 3
On Saturday, more than 100 volunteers distributed food to 600 families throughout the day at the Feed a Friend Food event.
The organization typically...
Published on November 13, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- Commonwealth University's interim president started a town hall meeting Wednesday with good news: The newly approved state budget means...
Published on November 13, 2025 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE -- The borough is considering two actions to address a general fund deficit of $64,588 in its 2026 budget: Cutting a vacant police officer...
Published on November 13, 2025 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- Borough council passed its tentative 2026 budget Wednesday night with a 10% tax increase in a 4-3 vote with one councilman absent.
Mike...
Published on November 13, 2025 - Page 3
The new branch of the Columbia County Traveling Library in Catawissa received donations last week to fill out its new space and make it more...
Published on November 13, 2025 - Page 4
Previous Traveling Library donations
The Catawissa Borough has donated varying amounts of money to the Columbia County Traveling Library in six of...
Published on November 12, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- The town is expected to hire a new company to provide engineering services starting in January because its longtime engineer, LIVIC...
Published on November 12, 2025 - Page 1
CATAWISSA -- Borough council here is seeking state money to replace the sign outside borough hall.
The council members voted unanimously Monday night...
Published on November 12, 2025 - Page 3
B
erwick will literally take center stage Saturday during the free day-long Spotlight on Berwick extravaganza at the Berwick Theater and Center for...
Published on November 12, 2025 - Page 4
WASHINGTONVILLE -- The Northern Regional Montour Planning Commission has changed its plans and will not make a recommendation Thursday on Talen...
Published on November 12, 2025 - Page 5
BERWICK -- Don Kelchner wasn't even old enough to vote when he signed up for the Air Force in 1951. Back then, you had to be 21 to cast a ballot,...
Published on November 12, 2025 - Page 15
SOUTH CENTRE TWP. -- Here are Central Columbia High School honor roll students for the first marking period:
* Grade 9 -- Ariel Francisco Aldana...