News from HARRISBURG

Published on August 13, 2022 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Several news sources have reported federal investigators had visited or delivered subpoenas to several state House and Senate Republican...
Published on July 29, 2022 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — The state General Assembly has included two tax relief provisions in its recently enacted fiscal year 2022-23 budget, according to Sen....
Published on July 20, 2022 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Beware of energy marketing scams, the state Public Utility Commission says, especially unsolicited telemarketing calls requesting...
Published on July 9, 2022 - Page 1
HARRISBURG — Berwick District Judge Richard Knecht will soon don the robe of a county judge thanks to a state Senate vote late Friday afternoon....
Published on July 6, 2022 - Page 10
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania State Police investigated 649 vehicle crashes resulting in four deaths and 170 injuries during the four-day...
Published on June 22, 2022 - Page 1
HARRISBURG — Jeff McCreary, 59, owner of now-defunct Vision Home Builders, was arraigned Tuesday on felony charges of home improvement fraud;...
Published on June 17, 2022 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — Legislation that would give Columbia and Montour counties a third Court of Common Pleas judge unanimously passed the state Senate. The...
Published on June 10, 2022 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — A total of 111,011 new COVID-19 cases were reported last month, averaging 3,581 per day, the state Department of Health reported...
Published on March 14, 2022 - Page 1
HARRISBURG — The Shickshinny sewer authority stopped billing Conyngham Township residents for treating their sewage in September, and lawyers for the...
Published on February 9, 2022 - Page 15
HARRISBURG — Following the governor’s annual budget address Tuesday in Harrisburg, state Rep. Kurt Masser (R-Columbia/ Montour/Northumberland)...
Published on February 7, 2022 - Page 1
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s state universities need more money, the chancellor told the state system’s board of governors Thursday. Meanwhile,...
Published on January 29, 2022 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — A new program being administrated by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) will soon go into full effect, according to Sen....
Published on January 25, 2022 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — Bloomsburg Christian School was among several school districts in the region that recently won school safety grants from the...
Published on January 11, 2022 - Page 4
HARRISBURG — Columbia County will receive a $750,000 grant from the state to modify homes for seniors, people with physical disabilities or low-...
Published on January 5, 2022 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s daily number of new coronavirus cases backed off Tuesday from Monday’s pandemic record, but was the second-highest total...
Published on November 29, 2021 - Page 1
HARRISBURG — The enforcement arm of the state Public Utilities Commission says Shickshinny Sewer Authority should refund the money it billed...
Published on October 12, 2021 - Page 17
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) has announced the opening of an application period for a significant grant program,...
Published on October 6, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Last Wednesday, the state Senate voted to extend waivers for an array of regulatory statutes, rules and regulations to aid in...
Published on September 26, 2021 - Page 16
HARRISBURG — The last fiscal year saw the largest annual sales increase in state Liquor Control Board history along with record net income, according...
Published on September 19, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — A PennDOT grant period was opened for transportation improvement projects around the state, according to Sen. John R. Gordner (R-27...
Published on September 16, 2021 - Page 4
HARRISBURG — A Berwick man possessed a handgun and two sawed-off shotguns despite being prohibited from having firearms based on previous convictions...
Published on September 4, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will gather information about production practices from...
Published on September 2, 2021 - Page 1
HARRISBURG — Four area men were among 12 people arrested on Wednesday for what authorities said were roles in a drug trafficking operation. It...
Published on August 26, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s new daily coronavirus cases more than tripled overnight Wednesday, giving the state a daily number not seen since early...
Published on August 25, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — On Tuesday, Pennsylvania’s daily total of new coronavirus cases receded from Monday’s four-month high. But it remained near 3,000....
Published on August 19, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — New deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Pennsylvania on Wednesday pushed the state past 28,000 fatalities from the pandemic, according to...
Published on August 18, 2021 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — The faster daily rise in new coronavirus cases across Pennsylvania hit Columbia County on Tuesday, pushing it into the Center for...
Published on August 15, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — PennDOT is asking drivers to keep an eye out for maintenance crews picking up litter along Interstate 80 in Columbia and Montour...
Published on August 15, 2021 - Page 4
HARRISBURG — With decreasing reports of sick and dead wild birds, the state Game Commission is lifting the recommendation to stop feeding them. Much...
Published on August 8, 2021 - Page 10
HARRISBURG — The GIANT Company has joined the United States Department of Agriculture’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Online Purchasing...
Published on August 4, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s daily number of new cases of coronavirus took another leap Tuesday to the state’s highest total since mid-May, according...
Published on July 21, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — The number of new coronavirus cases reported daily statewide continued to turn upward Tuesday, as Pennsylvania announced 569. That’s the...
Published on July 21, 2021 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — The Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) has awarded grants to several Luzerne County communities, according to Sen. John R. Gordner...
Published on July 16, 2021 - Page 1
HARRISBURG — The State System of Higher Education plans to use a one-time influx of cash from the federal and state government to begin integration...
Published on July 16, 2021 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — Northumberland County reported its second death attributed to COVID-19 in two days Thursday, according to the state Health Department....
Published on July 16, 2021 - Page 7
HARRISBURG (AP) —Overdose deaths in Pennsylvania grew along with the national rate last year during the pandemic, according to new federal estimates...
Published on July 15, 2021 - Page 1
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors voted unanimously Wednesday to integrate six of its 14...
Published on July 15, 2021 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — Northumberland County reported a new death attributed to COVID-19 on Wednesday — its third in the past week, according to the state...
Published on July 14, 2021 - Page 4
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s daily new cases of coronavirus continued to ease back up Tuesday, crossing 300 new cases for the first time in 27 days...
Published on July 11, 2021 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — Members of the Pennsylvania State Police made 503 arrests for driving under the influence and issued 8,935 speeding citations during the...
Published on July 8, 2021 - Page 18
HARRISBURG — The area reported its first death attributed to COVID-19 in nearly a week on Wednesday, the state Health Department said....
Published on July 7, 2021 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — For the second day in the past week, Luzerne County reported no new cases of coronavirus Tuesday, according to the state health...
Published on July 4, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania State Police have announced that Gov. Tom Wolf has granted an additional two-week extension to license to carry...
Published on July 3, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG —Wildlife health experts are recommending that Pennsylvania residents take down their birdfeeders and empty their birdbaths as the state...
Published on July 1, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG —PennDOT has announced all driver license and photo centers will be closed Saturday, July 3, through Monday, July 5, in observance of...
Published on July 1, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Luzerne County had its highest one-day total of new cases in more than three weeks on Wednesday, but numbers of new cases remained low...
Published on June 30, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — The four-county area reported just five new cases of coronavirus Tuesday. It was the first day in nearly a week all four counties logged...
Published on June 29, 2021 - Page 4
HARRISBURG — Montour and Northumberland counties over the weekend stretched their streaks without a new case of coronavirus to five days each,...
Published on June 23, 2021 - Page 7
HARRISBURG — Montour County lost 11 coronavirus cases from its pandemic total Tuesday, as the state apparently continues to reconcile cases as...
Published on June 22, 2021 - Page 4
HARRISBURG — Two Republican senators have proposed using a segment of the money used as part of the coronavirus-related American Rescue Plan to pay...