SUNBURY — Four Democratic candidates are in the running to have their name on the May ballot for the open 108th District seat, according to Northumberland County Democratic Chairperson Leocadia Paliulis.
The Biden administration’s decision to end the covid-19 public health emergency in May will institute sweeping changes across the health care system that go far beyond many people having to pay more for covid tests.
A Spotlight PA investigation in January detailed major problems with the pandemic aid effort. The state now says the company hired to run it botched management of the program from the start.
“We live in a society where honor is a distant memory. Isn’t that right… Batman?” – The Joker in Justice League.
SUNBURY — Shikellamy students are combining math and science while using their skills to build a robot that will be displayed at the high school later this year.
SELINSGROVE — Members of the Selinsgrove Moose Lodge celebrated the organization’s 100th anniversary on Feb. 14 and will be holding special events throughout the year.
MILTON — Community members in Milton have until March 31 to participate in a student-led food drive to benefit the Panther Pantry.
Gas prices in the Valley dropped an average of 8 cents in a week to $3.56 a gallon. Last year on this date the price was $4.40 a gallon, according to the latest AAA Pa. East Central Gas Price report released on Tuesday.
DANVILLE — Parents and district residents are invited to hear a nationally known author and mental health speaker on April 5.
SUNBURY — Danielle Bronowicz, one of the organizers of the Susquehanna River Cleanup Project, is preparing for the group’s 11th Annual Cleanup Day on April 23, an event that has grown in interest through the years.
WILLIAMSPORT — Williamsport Country Club will host the third Pennsylvania Senior Open on May 8-9. The Championship conducted by the Pennsylvania Golf Association is open to all male professional and amateur Golfers age 50 years and older who are members of a Pennsylvania Golf Club and have a…
Pennsylvanians should be on the lookout for a potential scam targeting residents about receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program the state's acting Department of Human Services (DHS) secretary Val Arkoosh said.According to state officials, individuals — regardless of whether or not…
DANVILLE — The Danville SPCA will offer dogs for adoption at no cost from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Savings range from $150 to $300. Anyone with a dog would need to bring the dog to make sure it gets along with the dog being adopted. They also need to bring information that their dog or d…
MILTON — Milton Area School Board members asked the architect to review flooring prices after estimates came in at $72,000 higher than expected for the James F. Baugher Elementary School renovation project.
MIDDLEBURG — Fire broke out late Tuesday morning at a Franklin Township home in Snyder County causing extensive damage and displacing two residents.
BERWICK — "Sweet Caroline" never sounded so good, so good — so good! — to the Lourdes Regional girls basketball team.
Willis Reed, who dramatically emerged from the locker room minutes before Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals to spark the New York Knicks to their first championship and create one of sports’ most enduring examples of playing through pain, has died. He was 80. Reed died Tuesday, according to the …
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Mike Klebmara has always had an impeccable read on his Lourdes Regional girls teams and the landscape ahead of them, be it in the Schuylkill League or the postseason.
There's a pesky problem in a wide stretch of the Atlantic Ocean that's likely to wash up on some beaches later this year: Seaweed. Lots of it. The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is a biomass of thick, brown seaweed in patches scattered across a 5,000-mile belt of the Sargasso Sea well off the…
One year ago, President Nayib Bukele suspended constitutional rights and started an all-out offensive on gangs. Since he ordered a state of emergency in response to surging gang violence, El Salvador has undergone a radical transformation. Bloodshed has faded away in some of the most dangero…
Russia has stepped up its missile and drone attacks against Ukraine, killing students and other civilians, in a violent followup to dueling high-level diplomatic missions aimed at bringing peace after 13 months of war. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared a video of what he said was a Russia…
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that the pension bill he pushed through without a vote in parliament needs to be implemented by the "end of the year,” sticking to his decision to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 despite mass protests.
The Federal Reserve is grappling with a hazier economic picture, clouded by turmoil in the banking industry and still-high inflation, just as it meets to decide whether to keep raising interest rates or declare a pause. Most Fed watchers expect the central bank to announce on Wednesday after…
A report says 26% of the world’s population doesn’t have access to safe drinking water and 46% lacks access to basic sanitation. The U.N. World Water Development Report 2023 came Tuesday on the eve of the first major U.N. conference on water in over 45 years. The report paints a stark pictur…
The Biden administration’s decision to end the covid-19 public health emergency in May will institute sweeping changes across the health care system that go far beyond many people having to pay more for covid tests.
“We live in a society where honor is a distant memory. Isn’t that right… Batman?” – The Joker in Justice League.
The Pentagon says it is speeding up its delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a refurbished older model that can be ready faster. The aim is to get the 70-ton battle powerhouses to the Russia-Ukraine war zone by the fall. The original plan was to send 31 newer M1A2 Abrams, whic…
