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Owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said they have found a buyer who had agreed to keep the newspaper open, less than a month before it was due to shut down. Block Communications said that the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, publisher of the digital-only Baltimore Banner, had agreed to buy the Post-Gazette. The newspaper dates its history to 1786, and if it had been closed, it would have left Pittsburgh as the nation’s largest community without a city-based newspaper. Terms of the deal were not closed.

MILTON — New hire testing for the Milton Police Department will be held Tuesday, said Milton Police Chief Curt Zettlemoyer at this week's Borough meeting.

DANVILLE — Montour Commissioners, at their Tuesday meeting, unanimously passed the amended Ordinance 1-2026, the data center ordinance.

SELINSGROVE — When 911 dispatchers serving Snyder, Union, Northumberland and Montour counties responded to a crisis in Mifflin County in late February, they demonstrated life-saving investments in Pennsylvania’s emergency management agencies.

William Montgomery, founder of Danville, was here in 1776 when the United States of America was born. Having moved to the area in 1774 from Chester County, Pennsylvania, he served as a major general in the 9th Militia during the Revolutionary War.

LEWISBURG — Union County has nearly $50,000 in projects that could be funded through the Pennsylvania Counties Risk Pool and the Pennsylvania Counties Workers’ Compensation Trust.

DALLAS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A big milestone in the Back Mountain as a Little League organization celebrates a big anniversary: It's opening night at Back Mountain Little League, and with it comes extra meaning this year, the marking of 75 years of baseball, family, and tradition. Players took to the field with energy [...]

OLYPHANT, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A vote Tuesday may have bought the borough of Olyphant valuable time, time they plan on using to take a proactive approach against data centers. While the borough is not dealing with any data center proposals, that didn't stop dozens from showing up to the council meeting to oppose the [...]

HUNLOCK CREEK, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It's time to roll down the windows and tune in: Drive-in theater season is back. As the busy months begin, many are turning to a classic way to spend a night out. In Hunlock Creek, the owners of the Garden Drive-In say that old-school experience is what keeps people [...]

(WBRE/WYOU)— The NBA Play-In starts tonight with the Heat and Hornets facing off in the East and the Suns and Blazers in the West. See which teams we'll be rooting for, and which teams we think could make some deep playoff runs in both conferences. Then, with the Mets struggling and the Phillies sitting at .500, [...]