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GREGG TOWNSHIP — A steel web plate is being installed on a historically significant metal truss bridge in Gregg Township to stabilize and strengthen the span.

MIDDLEBURG — A California solar firm is proposing a long-term lease of 20 acres of land from Midd-West School District.

HARRISBURG — Private health insurers will continue coverage for all vaccines approved in 2024 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine panel, moving away from the panel’s current construct that’s acting to change the recommended schedules, the Shapiro administration announced.

MANDATA — Line Mountain School District Superintendent David Campbell and board members at Tuesday night’s meeting discussed a recent proposal from the Pennsylvania School Board Association for a cap on cyber tuition of $10,000.

HARRISBURG — Democrats in the Pennsylvania House capitalized on their majority position this week to advance four separate bills intended to enhance gun safety, though none are likely to move through the Republican-majority Senate should they make it that far.

Jon Meyer takes us to the Bloomsburg Fair, where many of the traditions Mike Stevens saw in 1989 are standing the test of time.

Other families will join the lawsuit later.

HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Workforce development and immigration were the topics of a round table held in Luzerne County on Wednesday.

The Pennsylvania House Democratic Policy Committee and the state's legislative Latino caucus are working together in Hazleton on Wednesday.

Both groups are participating in a roundtable discussion about immigration and workforce development. The groups are also touring the Hazleton One Community Center.

State Representative Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz is chair of the commonwealth's legislative Latino caucus.

Six people were evacuated from the fire that started around 2 p.m. along Brown Street in Wilkes-Barre.

BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Tragedy strikes the vendor community at the Bloomsburg Fair after one collapsed while on the job.

A vendor has died. He was preparing food earlier this week when he collapsed.

28/22 News Reporter Connor Coar has the latest with details on his passing and how the community is rallying around the surviving family.

69-year-old John Barnhart collapsed while preparing food on Monday. Shortly afterwards, his stand, Irene's Caboose, closed.

That's when the fair community around them came running to help.