News from Bloomsburg
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
BLOOMSBURG — A Northumberland man with a lengthy criminal history threatened to shoot up a woman’s residence if she wouldn’t come outside to meet him, police said.
Denarii Kadeem...
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
BLOOMSBURG — School officials presented a tentative plan to reopen schools this fall, using a color-coded system that mimics the state’s green/yellow/red phases for reopening counties.
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Monday, July 6, 2020
BLOOMSBURG — During his long tenure visiting more than 1,000 homes a year as Columbia County’s chief tax assessor, Dave Good has been bitten in the behind by a dog and grabbed by the shirt...
Monday, July 6, 2020
BLOOMSBURG — A Berwick man was paroled at sentencing last week to enter drug treatment after spending eight months in prison for drug-related crimes.
John Karns II, 34...
Saturday, July 4, 2020
BLOOMSBURG — A Berwick woman was paroled Thursday on charges she twice stole pain medication from an elderly woman’s home, where she had briefly worked as a caretaker.
Lisa Marie...
Friday, July 3, 2020
BLOOMSBURG — Harry Mathias says more than 1,000 small businesses in Columbia County may request money from a $5.8 million county fund to help subsidize coronavirus pandemic-related losses....
Friday, July 3, 2020
BLOOMSBURG — A town council committee says the town’s Historic Architectural Review Board should be history itself.
Community and Economic Development Committee members voted 2-1 to...
Friday, July 3, 2020
BLOOMSBURG — A committee of Town Council has postponed a recommendation on whether Bloomsburg should enact an anti-discrimination ordinance after debating its need in light of a recent U.S....
Thursday, July 2, 2020
BLOOMSBURG — Columbia County’s commissioners are urging county residents to wear masks in public places, noting that masks are mandatory in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus.
...Tuesday, June 30, 2020
BLOOMSBURG — A new state grant program to provide funding for small businesses impacted by COVID-19 is scheduled to open at 9 a.m. today, according to a press release from the Columbia-Montour...