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FRANKLIN TWP. -- Five four-year terms on the Southern Columbia Area School Board are up for grabs in the May 20 primary...

BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 28/22 News is getting a clearer picture about how to solve a serious water contamination issue in Columbia County. We first reported on "forever chemicals" detected in private well water in March.

28/22 News Reporter Gianna Galli, the latest from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), as more wells become contaminated and more people become worried.

At least another 50 wells have been tested, and the number of contaminated ones has increased.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — An ATV park might be making its way to Lackawanna County in the future.

People gathered on Wednesday to air their opinions and find out more about the potential project.

28/22 News Reporter Avery Nape spoke with some of these residents to find out how the community is feeling about the plan.

Around 50 people came out to Wednesday's meeting, the final meeting of a feasibility study funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR).

Newswatch 16's Adithya Iyer spoke to local advocates to find out how the significant decrease applies to Lackawanna County.

Thailand passed a ban on the import of a range of electronic waste products in 2020 because it creates huge health hazards.

The dress code requires employees at company-operated and licensed stores in the U.S. and Canada to wear a solid black shirt and khaki, black or blue denim bottoms.

Silver Spring Township Police said the 17-year-old Greenwood School District student reportedly had the mortar in their backpack while on the school bus.

The 23-year-old model and beauty influencer was inside a beauty salon in the municipality of Zapopan, the fringes of Guadalajara, when it happened.

Crews were called to a second-alarm garage fire along West County Road in Sugarloaf Township near Sybertsville at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

SUGARLOAF TWP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Firefighters quickly put out a fire that broke out inside of a garage in Luzerne County Wednesday night.

Sugarloaf Township Fire Chief Duane Hildebrant told 28/22 News crews were called to the unit block of West Country Road in Sugarloaf Township shortly before 7:00 p.m. for a reported fire.

VIDEO: Car flipped onto Luzerne County creek

Chief Hildebrant said a car caught on fire inside a garage, and that the fire has been put out.

There are no reported injuries, and the cause of the fire is unknown at this time.