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Published on May 5, 2025 - Page 1
Boot issue gains no traction
BLOOMSBURG -- A town committee recently showed reluctance to regulate the amount private companies in town that boot cars can charge drivers to have...
Published on May 4, 2025 - Page 1
Upgrade is on prison’s menu
BLOOMSBURG -- The kitchen at the Columbia County Prison will get new equipment installed in exchange for an increase in what its food service...
Published on May 3, 2025 - Page 1
Residents object to bulbouts
BLOOMSBURG -- Several town residents say they have a bigger problem with the installation of bulbouts on Market Street than they do with proposed...
Published on May 3, 2025 - Page 1
CU deficit is up another $3.3M, president reports
LOCK HAVEN -- Commonwealth University's projected deficit for the year has grown by another $3.3 million, despite a shrinking faculty, the president...
Published on May 3, 2025 - Page 1
Fire at Town Park angers staff
BLOOMSBURG -- Someone started a fire inside a park pavilion overnight Friday, damaging a bench and frustrating town workers who'd already spent part...
Published on May 3, 2025 - Page 7
Program at CU could lose its accreditation
BLOOMSBURG -- One of Commonwealth University's advanced degree programs in health care is in danger of losing its accreditation. A review of the...
Published on May 2, 2025 - Page 1
New teachers to see pay hike
BLOOMSBURG -- The school board and teachers union agreed on a five-year contract that will see the base pay for starting teachers go up by as much as...
Published on May 1, 2025 - Page 1
Men’s room is trashed again in Town Park
BLOOMSBURG -- For the second time in two weeks, someone trashed a men's bathroom in Town Park. Town crews discovered damaged paper towel holders,...
Published on May 1, 2025 - Page 1
Main Street may lose a lane
BLOOMSBURG -- Town council plans to commission a study for the eventual redesign of Main Street, including the possible reduction of traffic lanes...
Published on May 1, 2025 - Page 4
Student planned walkout canceled
BLOOMSBURG -- A student-planned walkout protesting the university's president was called off Wednesday -- one day after Bashar Hanna announced he...

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Published on April 5, 2025 - Page 1
Cyclists to pedal for little Panthers
BLOOMSBURG -- A group of cyclists is turning one of its Sunday spins into a challenging 50-mile ride to raise money to buy helmets for students at...
Published on April 6, 2025 - Page 1
Water worries are spreading
LIGHTSTREET -- South Centre Township residents are worried they will find out their water has been contaminated, a supervisor there told the Columbia...
Published on April 6, 2025 - Page 1
‘Grave’ finds spark curiosity
By M.J. MAHON Press Enterprise Writer WONDERVIEW — When a couple lifted four heavy stones that were lining the concrete steps leading to their front...
Published on April 8, 2025 - Page 1
Townhouses eyed on old site
BLOOMSBURG -- An abandoned nursing home built by a country music star 40 years ago may soon be demolished to make way for affordable housing....
Published on April 9, 2025 - Page 1
Boot high prices, drivers plead
BLOOMSBURG -- In 2022, Kathy Arner and a dozen other people leaving a church concert downtown found their vehicles had been immobilized by a device...