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Bloomsburg High School was recently named one of America's best high schools by U.S. News & World Report.

The Department of Music, Theatre & Dance at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for a full time, 1 year, temporary position as Instructor/Assistant Professor, beginning Fall 2010 to teach acting classes such as Fundamentals of Acting, Intermediate Acting, and Auditioning, and other performance area classes such as Play Directing ...

Deejay Bobby Gale's familiarvoice, described as legendary by colleagues, will no longer be heard on 106.5 WFYY-FM. And the future of his 35-year radio career is uncertain.

Luzerne County Controller Walter L. Griffth Jr. said Monday he will not pay a $12,450 bill for services associated with a county sheriff's Web site.

A Bloomsburg man had DUI charges dismissed Monday when the arresting officer - who was using vacation time - failed to appear for trial.

This story is from the Monday, January 4, 2010 edition of the Press Enterprise. Texting at wheel adds to penalty in accident Lawmakers may send tougher message Click on image to download pdf There are a number of bills pending before the Pennsylvania Legislature to make it illegal to text on cell phones while driving.

Municipalities that own their own streetlights will pay up to 50 percent more to keep them lit next year, according to PPL officials.

A doe struggled for at least two hours after falling through the thin ice covering the Espy Bog Thursday night as rescuers weighed their options for trying to help the deer.

A 79-year-old rural Bloomsburg man who was run over by a vehicle in the Wal-Mart parking lot Dec.

The Bloomsburg Fair managed to post its largest profit in a decade despite the bad economy, earning $360,000 more than it spent in 2009.

Albert Bellum says he dozed off on his way home from work Tuesday afternoon, and that caused him to crash his pickup into an icy canal off Route 42.

A 78-year-old man was using a tractor to pull a felled tree yesterday when the vehicle reared up and overturned onto him, police say.

Geisinger Health Plan members now have the option of getting in-home care from Columbia-Montour Home Health.

A woman will be allowed to demolish half of her home's side porch despite the opposition of the historic architectural board and a tie vote by council.

The Bloomsburg Health System spent $2.4 million more than it took in last year, but the health system's anchor, Bloomsburg Hospital, was profitable for a second consecutive year.

A carelessly discarded match or cigarette ash is being blamed for causing $100,000 in damage to the upper levels of a large apartment house off Millville Road near the Irondale Inn and Bloomsburg Water Company pumping station.

Fire ruined an apartment house in Columbia County Wednesday night. Dispatchers say that, shortly before 8 p.m., firefighters were called to the Irondale Inn Apartments on Irondale Avenue in Bloomsburg.

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People who own property in Bloomsburg will pay 14 percent more in taxes this coming year under a budget approved Monday.

A center for dyslexic children in Altoona will close for good, officials said.Funding for the Masonic Learning Center was previously cut, but parents of pupils raised $10,000 in hopes the center could reopen next fall.Because the center will not reopen, the parents will donate the money to a learning center in Bloomsburg, Pa., to help other ...