The number of new COVID-19 cases increased again on Thursday while the number of patients hospitalized statewide and across the Valley continued to drop.
COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide dropped by more than 200 and reached the lowest level locally since the week of Thanksgiving.
A portion of Third Street/Old Route 15 in White Deer Township has reopened this morning after the scene of a vehicle crash was cleared.
TURBOTVILLE — Hundreds of students from 12 school districts gathered at Warrior Run School District on Tuesday to discuss ideas on how to make positive impacts on school culture and climate.
The Greater Susquehanna Valley YMCA’s reach expanded in 2021, even as the organization was limited with some of its programs for the second year in a row due to COVID-19.
The Department of Health registered 10,860 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday while the number of hospitalizations continued to decline statewide.
Country Cupboard Restaurant and Shop owners did not have to file a 60-day notice under the Department of Labor and Industry’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act because of its roughly 140 employees, only half are full-time.
HARRISBURG —The Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) said it is bringing “complete, non-partisan coverage of the candidates and races that will impact” viewers, according to a release.
SUNBURY — Heather L. Shnyder will take on the role of Health Systems Training Specialist for Transitions of PA. She will be responsible for coordinating the agency medical advocacy program to health care providers in Union, Snyder, and Northumberland counties. Shnyder has been with the agenc…
It’s no secret that public transportation is hard to come by in the Valley.
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One Union County businessman expects the longtime owners of the Country Cupboard Restaurant and Shops will come up with another “interesting” venture.
LEWISBURG — News on the closure of the Country Cupboard in Lewisburg left many people shocked and disappointed as word spread around Lewisburg on Monday.
LEWISBURG — Country Cupboard Restaurant and Shops, a staple in Union County for nearly 50 years, will close its doors by the end of February.
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LEWISBURG — The Union County Government Center will be closed today due to a water main break in the borough.
While a new report from the Department of Environment Protection says that a third of the state’s rivers and streams are impaired, there are some success stories in the Valley.
LEWISBURG — East Buffalo Township’s board of supervisors’ scheduled work session on Jan. 24 has been canceled due to lack of agenda items.
Pennsylvania nursing homes are having to turn people away due, in large part, to a staffing shortage and it’s having a widespread impact, health experts say.
At least 80 percent of residents at Valley nursing homes are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, while the vaccination rates for staffers at the facilities lag behind.
Some marchers held signs that read "I am the post-Roe generation," a statement that may never have been more true than it was at the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Friday.
While the number of COVID-19 cases among school-aged children dropped statewide this week for the first time since November, the number of cases in the Valley reached a record high.
LEWISBURG — Commissioners this week approved a resolution authorizing the Union County Higher Education Facilities Financing Authority (UCHEFA) to refinance Bucknell University debt.
The Department of Health recorded its largest increase in new COVID-19 cases in five days on Friday and another 269 Pennsylvanians have died due to complications from the coronavirus.
DANVILLE — Redeemer Orthodox Presbyterian Church is working with Samaritan’s Purse to help an Afghan refugee family settle in the local area.
LEWISBURG — Racial disparity new Lewisburg Mayor Kendy Alvarez experienced growing up still exists today.
Many of the participants in the first Community Conversations series said they thought that the Valley was not very diverse, being primarily made up of a white demographic. United Way officials and data provided this week claimed it’s a matter of perspective.
Pennsylvania registered fewer than 20,000 new COVID-19 cases for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday, while also recording 326 deaths linked to the coronavirus.
Pennsylvania recorded its highest total of new COVID-19 cases in three days on Wednesday while the number of local cases continued to stay at high levels.
A quick blast of snow could lead to a tough morning commute on Thursday.
As final predictions called for, Valley residents woke up Monday morning to anywhere from two to five inches of heavy, wet snow and strong winds that knocked power out across the region.
LEWISBURG — A wintry mix of snow and freezing rain couldn’t stop Susquehanna University from teaching children about Martin Luther King Jr.
NEW BERIN — The New Berlin Borough Council has formed a committee to discuss feral cats in the town.
The Department of Health recorded fewer than 20,000 cases for the first time since late December on Monday, but still recorded 15,744 cases, a total higher than the previous record set in December 2020 before the current surge.
Speed limit restrictions remain in place on Valley highways, but most of the winter storm that swept through the area Sunday is gone and the Winter Weather Advisory expired at 10 a.m.
MIFFLINBURG — In just under two years, DIG Furniture Bank has impacted the lives of hundreds of Valley families.
LEWISBURG — Lewisburg Area School District officials continue to tackle the district’s budget deficit.
When a lone gunman shot 10 young girls, killing five, inside an Amish one-room schoolhouse in Lancaster County on Oct. 2, 2006, before killing himself, a group of trained police peers was ready to help their colleagues who responded to the traumatic scene.
SUNBURY — A little luck and a shift in the weather pattern caused a potential major snowstorm to be downgraded heading into Sunday night, according to AccuWeather meteorologist John Gresiak.
The first bids for the southern section of the Central Susquehanna Valley Transportation project are expected to be awarded by April.
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