SUNBURY — The Shikellamy School District board of directors will vote on whether to close Beck Elementary at the March 11 school board meeting.
LEWISBURG — Bucknell University biology professors DeeAnn Reeder and Ken Field were awarded a $2.9 million grant to study the role bats may have played in the transmission of deadly viruses to humans.
Three veterinary experts in the Valley questioned claims in an investigative report linking the popular Seresto pet collars for flea and tick treatment with illness in dogs, cats and humans.
SHAMOKIN DAM — Criminal charges are pending against a man who borough police said injected methamphetamine and became a threat to the public.
HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. immigration authorities will no longer use a small Pennsylvania detention center to hold parents and children seeking asylum, part of a broader shift by President Joe Biden's administration to reduce the use of family detention.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — One year after the pandemic hit Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday acknowledged the severe toll that COVID-19 has taken on his state but said that he sees “light at the end of the tunnel” with the growing availability of vaccines.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two Philadelphians have been indicted on allegations they tried to use explosives to rob a Wawa convenience store amid unrest and protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in late May.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Wolf administration officials said Thursday that Pennsylvania will extend a key feature of its response to coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes, albeit on a scaled-down model after federal funding ran out in December.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin struck a deal over emergency jobless benefits, breaking a logjam that had stalled the party's showpiece $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.
NAJAF, Iraq (AP) — Pope Francis met Saturday with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the most senior clerics in Shiite Islam, in Iraq's holy city of Najaf to deliver a joint message of peaceful coexistence, urging Muslims to embrace Iraq's long-beleaguered Christian minority.
SYDNEY (AP) — Sydney’s annual iconic Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras went ahead on Saturday, only in a different format due to coronavirus restrictions.
SYDNEY (AP) — The New Zealand “nomads” are back on the road again.
SELINSGROVE – It’s political. It’s romantic. It’s a comedy. It’s a play about love and dictatorships above and below the deep blue sea.
BLOOMSBURG — Audience members can hop right in on the action in this one, guessing who the murderer is and receiving answers from the actors.
LEWISBURG — A special virtual gala featuring a family variety show on Saturday will benefit the Buffalo Valley Recreation Authority and its mission to keep amenities such as the community pool and gymnastics programs open and available for the community.
LEWISBURG — Downtown Lewisburg is known for its charming shops and architecture, but hidden one block behind Market Street are some eye-catching murals dancing with color, whimsy and special meaning.
When the hotline at Transitions rings, counselors are ready to help with any number of domestic abuse situations in Union, Snyder and Northumberland Counties. That hotline has been busier as the pandemic adds its own stress to already tense situations.
COVID has affected nearly every part of life, and we continually see not only the virus’s direct impact, but indirect effects as well – not least of all in children’s dental health.
As if the lung damage from COVID-19 wasn’t enough to worry us, doctors have noticed another potential hit from the virus: it could lead to vascular problems.
In the last three decades, cancer mortality rates have continually dropped, a total of 31 percent from 1991 to 2018. That’s equal to an estimated 3.2 million cancer deaths averted, according to a recent American Cancer Society report. Of that number, a 2.4 percent decrease occurred just from…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin struck a deal late Friday over emergency jobless benefits, breaking a logjam that had stalled the party's showpiece $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.
Pennsylvania's Department of Health registered fewer than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases for the fifth time in six days on Friday, while also announcing 43 new deaths, the 16th day in a row with fewer than 100 deaths.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — One year after the pandemic hit Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday acknowledged the severe toll that COVID-19 has taken on his state but said that he sees “light at the end of the tunnel” with the growing availability of vaccines.
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Heidi Schwarz-Hosler was hesitant to continue substitute teaching at the beginning of the current school year, having concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.
