LIVE UPDATES on Election Night 2023

It's a big night tonight for small elections.

Voters are choosing the next county commissioners, school board members, borough and town council members and township supervisors throughout the region. We'll keep tallies here on Tuesday night, updating as election-night results are available after the polls close at 8 p.m.

Here are the races we'll be following. Candidates are listed in the order they appear on the ballot. Winners, according to unofficial results are in bold:

Fatal fire rips through Catawissa home

CATAWISSA — A house fire killed one woman and sent person to the hospital early Saturday morning here. 

The fire started at 319 N. Third St., Catawissa, around 3:20 this morning. The callers to 9-1-1 reported that someone was trapped in the house, and as fires crews arrived, they found a man fighting the fire with a garden hose, according to Catawissa Fire Chief Dale Hendricks.

Geisinger EMS took that man to the hospital. 

Storm knocks out 911 system

BLOOMSBURG – Thunderstorms bringing high winds and heavy rain downed trees across Columbia and Montour counties Thursday, leading to road closures, causing power outages, and knocking the 911 phone system out of service.

Jeremy Brown, Director at East Central Emergency Network, said a fiber optic line was cut somewhere compromising service for Verizon customers in several counties.

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