'If rights are eroded for one group, as they are being now, they can be eroded for all,' says Commissioner Bill Gaughan
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will host a rally in Harrisburg Wednesday to launch his "Take Back Your Health" tour after releasing new national nutrition guidelines, HHS officials said in a news release.
LEWISBURG — The Bucknell Farm will offer public volunteering opportunities this spring.
MIDDLEBURG — Interim Snyder County Corrections Warden John Rissell IV was appointed warden Tuesday.
A committee of state Senate Democrats on Tuesday discussed a proposal to require Pennsylvania employers to provide 24 hours of paid leave for “small necessities” each year. The goal is to ensure employees who take care of family members like children or elderly parents are able to attend medical appointments, school activities, or respond to unexpected emergencies.
SUNBURY — Average gas prices across the Susquehanna Valley rose by three cents this week to $2.91 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report released Tuesday.
LEWISBURG — The Union County Veteran’s 4th of July Committee is hosting a bingo and basket raffle as a fundraiser for the organization’s annual celebration of local veterans in June.
SHAMOKIN — Shamokin on Tuesday was awarded a $248,400 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to support construction of a pedestrian connector bridge at Volunteer Park.
While temperatures will creep above freezing Wednesday and Thursday, dangerously cold temperatures will return by the end of the week and the potential for a significant snowstorm looms for this weekend.
LEWISBURG — A former borough councilwoman at Tuesday night’s public meeting urged Lewisburg Borough Council to address the borough’s stray cat problem.
