Columbia News

All day Thursday, people milled about the remains of 16 homes in the 700 block of Chestnut Street, all either destroyed or badly damaged in a Wednesday-afternoon blaze described by fire officials as fast and ferocious.

Teacher contract talks in Columbia Borough School District are headed for fact-finding. Negotiators for the teachers' union have asked the state Labor Relations Board to appoint a fact-finder to try to craft an agreement suitable to both sides.

Hazel Marie Morgan, 88, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, June 21, 2009, at the Columbia-Montour Home Hospice, Danville.

Due to increased operating expenses and the cost of paying for students to attend charter schools - among other challenges - Columbia Borough school board approved a 5.9 percent tax hike Thursday.

With the state's budget sure to tighten, local museums are worried that Pennsylvania's commitment to preserving its past might become history.

Search the Frontstretch! SSP Outback Track Racing Results - " Friday, June 12, 2009 Newberrytown, PA - " The final round of the Spring Shoot-Out Series at the SSP Outback Track took place on Friday night, June 12.

A Lancaster County police officer accused of flipping his car over a parked car after he had been drinking was in court Tuesday.

A Columbia Borough row home was condemned and two others were damaged after a Tuesday afternoon blaze on Walnut Street, officials said.

Jesse Rothacker, founder and president of Forgotten Friend Reptile Sanctuary in Lancaster County says he has seen an increase in the number of calls he gets from people looking for a new home for their pet alligators.

A fire damaged two row homes in Columbia Borough, Lancaster County, Tuesday afternoon.

City police tried to stop a 17-year-old juvenile male for a curfew violation in the first block of East Filbert Street at 1:44 a.m. Saturday when the youth fled, discarding a .45-caliber handgun.

This is great news! As a resident living on the outskirts of the borough , my only means of getting into "town" while walking the dog was via a very dangerous walk along the shoulder on Ironville Pike.

All students in Columbia Borough School District are expected to walk to school, but few of them traverse Ironville Pike, a main artery leading to Columbia Junior/Senior High School.

A farmer's market in Lancaster County is going through some growing pains. Some of the vendors at the Columbia Market House have been so successful that they have left to start their own businesses.

Pequea Township Supervisor Virginia Brady was concerned when she entered Columbia High School Monday night.

Dozens of shooters from all over Lancaster County migrate here for the weekly trap shoot at Columbia Fish and Game Association, 4339 Fairview Road, in West Hempfield Township.

Congratulations to our "Loose Parts" caption winner, Henry Stojak , from Columbia, Pa., located 60 miles from Harrisburg.

Reading Eagle The Sinking Spring Planning Commission is looking at the planned demolition of the former Boscov's West store at Penn Avenue and Shillington Road to kick-start the borough's revitalization.

The company orchestrating one of the largest moving projects in Lancaster County history wants to talk to the public.

With a backlog of local public works projects, county officials didn't have to look far to find a place to spend $903,494 in federal stimulus money.