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Published on October 14, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- Mary Sachetti was sent a voter registration form and an application form for a mail-in ballot this year, even though she died in 2019....
Published on October 14, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- The first-ever Outfest Pride Parade held in town was overshadowed by a brief rain shower, but the day's festivities couldn't have been...
Published on October 14, 2024 - Page 1
BUCKHORN — Residents who live along Pony Trail Drive want drivers to slow down. Hunter’s Chase resident Helen Patterson said the road is becoming a...
Published on October 14, 2024 - Page 1
MAIN TWP. -- State Police have released the name of the motorcyclist who died in an accident here Saturday afternoon. Robert J. Halye, 19, of...
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The Columbia County Historical and Genealogical Society will be leading historical tours of the New Rosemont Cemetery starting Friday. The tours will...
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BEAVER TWP. -- A fire in a rear structure led to a brush fire here Sunday afternoon around 3 p.m. The building was partially built into the hillside...
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FRANKLIN TWP. -- A Coal Township man flipped his Ford Focus into a ditch after riding the guardrail near Rohrbach's Farm Market's entrance on Sunday...
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CATAWISSA -- Within twenty minutes of starting, the Bloomsburg Community Creek Cleanup group retrieved a dozen tires and countless pieces of scrap...
Published on October 14, 2024 - Page 8
"While Saturday was the partly sunny day expected, your Sunday was cloudy in the morning with a few light, scattered showers. Then, the sun...
Published on October 13, 2024 - Page 1
BERWICK -- About 30 people, including three who said they were homeless, came to the borough council meeting Monday to object to a proposed ordinance...
Published on October 13, 2024 - Page 1
MAIN TOWNSHIP - A motorcyclist was killed Saturday afternoon on Mainville Drive after crossing into opposing traffic and striking another vehicle,...
Published on October 13, 2024 - Page 1
ESPY -- Students of the new Blue Jay Academy spent Tuesday afternoon surveying the building with tape measures to determine the area and perimeter of...
Published on October 13, 2024 - Page 1
MAINVILLE - A series of illegal dumping incidents have plagued Main Township in recent weeks, and police believe the culprit may be someone...
Published on October 13, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- The Columbia County Prison will start keeping 10 beds a day open for another county's inmates in a deal expected to bring in more than...
Published on October 13, 2024 - Page 8
"With your Saturday being partly cloudy and dry with high temperatures near 70 degrees, we are going to have a divided weekend as a storm passing to...
Published on October 13, 2024 - Page 21
BLOOMSBURG -- Here are the property transfers filed at the Columbia County Courthouse in July. Mount Pleasant Township * Lee E. Ritter to Joshua A...
Published on October 12, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- Commonwealth University's trustees were presented with some hard numbers Friday. Enrollment at the school's three campuses --...
Published on October 12, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- More than 100 students and faculty packed into a boardroom Friday afternoon to show their displeasure over busted budgets and ongoing...
Published on October 12, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- The town's public works director says he plans to pave a section of Market Street next year -- with or without a bike lane. Since the...
Published on October 12, 2024 - Page 3
ALLENTOWN — Forty PPL Electric lineworkers and support personnel, along with 40 contractor lineworkers, left here Wednesday, headed south to assist...
Published on October 12, 2024 - Page 3
BUCKHORN -- A Catawissa driver suffered cuts to his head in a two-truck collision Friday morning at Mall Boulevard and Wedgetown Road here, Hemlock...
Published on October 12, 2024 - Page 10
"While today will be a good start to the weekend with partly sunny skies and high temperatures near 70, things will go downhill tomorrow as a new...
Published on October 11, 2024 - Page 1
BEACH HAVEN -- The controversial bitcoin mine feeding off the nuclear plant here is closed, at least temporarily, after Talen Energy bought out its...
Published on October 11, 2024 - Page 1
ORANGE TWP. -- A local trucking company wanted to send one tractor-trailer load of supplies to help the victims of Hurricane Helene. They wound up...
Published on October 11, 2024 - Page 1
HARRISBURG -- The State System of Education's Board of Governors approved a budget for Commonwealth University's 2024-25 academic year that includes...
Published on October 11, 2024 - Page 3
Friendship Fire Company Lt. Troy Patterson and Wesley Jordan -- also a Shamokin Patrol Officer -- received the Firefighters Association of the...
Published on October 11, 2024 - Page 3
ALLENTOWN -- Forty PPL Electric lineworkers and support personnel, along with 40 contractor lineworkers, left here Wednesday, headed south to assist...
Published on October 11, 2024 - Page 4
BERWICK -- Journey Bank's awards ceremony for its 2024 Photography Competition is set for Sunday, Oct. 13, and the public is welcome. Attendees can...
Published on October 11, 2024 - Page 4
Title corrected Jason Moser is assistant superintendent at Danville Area School District. An article published Thursday contained an incorrect...
Published on October 11, 2024 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — A former university president who retired exactly 100 days ago was appointed interim chancellor for the State System of Education during...