News from HARRISBURG
Published on June 18, 2021 - Page 1
HARRISBURG — Sheriff’s Deputy Kristie Rospendowski has reached a settlement with Columbia County in her long-simmering gender discrimination lawsuit...
Published on June 11, 2021 - Page 1
HARRISBURG — Public commentators speaking Thursday at a nearly two-hour hearing on the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s proposal to...
Published on June 9, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Columbia County reported its first new coronavirus case in three days Tuesday. But the number of new cases in area counties remained low...
Published on June 5, 2021 - Page 10
HARRISBURG — The Board of Governors of the State System of Higher Education has two public hearings scheduled to take public comments on both of the...
Published on May 26, 2021 - Page 6
HARRISBURG — A report of a single death from COVID-19 in Luzerne County on Tuesday broke the four-county area’s four-day run without a coronavirus...
Published on May 23, 2021 - Page 1
HARRISBURG — A group of a dozen Pennsylvania Republican state senators that includes John Gordner, R-27th District, is proposing a law intended to...
Published on May 20, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — State Rep. David Millard, R- Berwick, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, is sponsoring an essay contest for students...
Published on May 19, 2021 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — The daily number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases doubled from Monday to Tuesday in the four area counties and statewide, but even...
Published on May 15, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — For the third day in the past six, Pennsylvania on Friday had fewer than 2,000 newly confirmed cases of coronavirus, the state Health...
Published on May 14, 2021 - Page 7
HARRISBURG — Columbia County’s daily count of new coronavirus cases jumped Thursday, but Luzerne County’s spike of the past two days eased, according...
Published on May 13, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — New daily confirmed cases of coronavirus remained low Wednesday in area counties, except for Luzerne County, where a spike Tuesday...
Published on May 12, 2021 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — Tuesday’s report of newly confirmed coronavirus cases saw slight increases in Columbia and Northumberland counties, but a significant...
Published on May 8, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Daily newly confirmed cases of coronavirus were up again in the four area counties and statewide Friday, but by smaller numbers, and the...
Published on May 7, 2021 - Page 4
HARRISBURG — After spiking to its highest level in more than three months on Wednesday, Columbia County’s daily confirmed cases of coronavirus eased...
Published on May 5, 2021 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — The four area counties notched a fourth straight day with no new deaths attributed to coronavirus Tuesday, according to the state Health...
Published on April 29, 2021 - Page 1
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors voted Wednesday to move forward with its plan to integrate six of...
Published on April 29, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — The rate of daily new confirmed coronavirus cases stayed virtually even Wednesday in Columbia and Montour counties and statewide. But...
Published on April 28, 2021 - Page 1
HARRISBURG — Integrating six of Pennsylvania’s 14 state system universities would cost an estimated $29 million over five years, but eventually...
Published on April 28, 2021 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — After surprisingly low daily totals Monday, coronavirus numbers eased back up Tuesday, the state Health Department said. Still, they...
Published on April 27, 2021 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — For the first time since coronavirus was detected in Pennsylvania more than a year ago, the state saw no new deaths from COVID-19 on...
Published on April 24, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — The rate of daily newly confirmed cases of coronavirus stayed relatively level statewide Friday, the state Health Department said....
Published on April 23, 2021 - Page 4
HARRISBURG — Newly confirmed cases of coronavirus on Thursday eased from Wednesday’s spike in most area counties and statewide, according to the...
Published on April 22, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — The daily number of new coronavirus cases ticked upward again in three of the four area counties Wednesday, as it did statewide,...
Published on April 22, 2021 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — Area residents should see better roads and less flooding after Briar Creek Township, North Centre Township and Anthony Township won...
Published on April 21, 2021 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — Northumberland County’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus crossed 9,000 on Tuesday, even as new daily cases stayed relatively low...
Published on April 20, 2021 - Page 10
HARRISBURG —PennDOT has awarded a grant to Luzerne County for a project in Sugarloaf Township, according to Sen. John R. Gordner (R-27). The grant...
Published on April 17, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s daily number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases rose again Friday, and, unlike in the past two days, the state Health...
Published on April 16, 2021 - Page 1
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania State System for Higher Education on Thursday froze tuition rates at state universities for the third year in a row,...
Published on April 15, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Daily confirmed new cases of coronavirus eased a bit Wednesday from the two-month highs seen statewide and in regional counties Tuesday...
Published on April 14, 2021 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — After a weekend reprieve from soaring new numbers of daily coronavirus cases, Pennsylvania on Tuesday saw new cases more than double to...
Published on April 13, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Columbia County reported no newly confirmed cases of coronavirus Monday. That’s the first time that’s happened since the earliest days...
Published on April 10, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — New coronavirus cases continued to surge statewide on Friday, as Pennsylvania saw its highest single-day total in 10 weeks, according to...
Published on April 9, 2021 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — The pace of daily coronavirus cases reported in Pennsylvania continued to quicken Thursday, as the number of new cases rose more than...
Published on April 8, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — The pace of new cases of coronavirus picked up in three of the four area counties and statewide Wednesday, as the number of people...
Published on April 6, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s total new daily cases of coronavirus surged above 5,000 on Saturday for the first time in more than two months, but...
Published on April 3, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — After easing for a day, Pennsylvania’s daily total of new coronavirus cases jumped Friday, again crossing 4,000 for the third time this...
Published on April 2, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — New cases of coronavirus eased across Pennsylvania for the second straight day, and dropped below 4,000 for the first time since Monday...
Published on April 1, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s daily total of new coronavirus cases subsided a bit Wednesday after exceeding 5,000 on Tuesday — the highest total in...
Published on March 30, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Columbia County has logged two deaths in the past two days from COVID-19 — the county’s first fatalities attributed to the coronavirus...
Published on March 27, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s daily total of new coronavirus cases was up again Friday, giving the state its highest daily total in eight weeks and...
Published on March 26, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — A year and three weeks after Pennsylvania reported its first confirmed case of coronavirus, the state hit its 1 millionth case Thursday...
Published on March 25, 2021 - Page 5
HARRISBURG — New daily cases of coronavirus shot up across Pennsylvania and in the four-county area Wednesday, hitting totals not seen in seven weeks...
Published on March 24, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — New daily cases of coronavirus rose again Tuesday across Pennsylvania, but new deaths from COVID-19 stayed low in the state, with just...
Published on March 20, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — The daily total of new coronavirus cases continued to ease upward Friday as the state’s daily deaths from COVID-19 continued its...
Published on March 19, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s daily number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases remained above 3,000 for the third-straight day Thursday, and area...
Published on March 18, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — The four-county area had no new deaths from COVID-19 reported Wednesday — the first that’s happened in a month and just the second time...
Published on March 17, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — The weekend saw new daily coronavirus cases again dip to their lowest point in five months and a Sunday with just one death from COVID-...
Published on March 17, 2021 - Page 7
HARRISBURG — The City of Shamokin has been awarded Act 47 funding through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) to...
Published on March 13, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania on Friday had its first day in more than a month in which more than 3,000 newly confirmed cases of coronavirus were...
Published on March 12, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania on Thursday crossed a month with daily totals of new coronavirus cases of less than 3,000, as daily new case totals also...