SUNBURY — A $50,000 donation from Sunbury City Council to the city fire department will only take place if a sale agreement is made on a fire station building, according to the city administrator.
HARRISBURG — A tentative agreement between Gov. Josh Shapiro and the operator of the multi-state regional electric grid that includes Pennsylvania will prevent a $21 billion surge in consumer costs for service availability on the hottest and coldest days, according to the governor’s office.
LAURELTON — The West End Library in Laurelton announced two dog training programs starting this March, led by Library Director and certified American Kennel Club (AKC) evaluator, Wendy Rote.
DANVILLE — The Danville Area School District is seeking nominations for the inaugural class of the Athletic Hall of Fame.
DANVILLE — Free youth heart screenings will be available next month at the Danville Area High School.
MIFFLINBURG — The Mifflinburg Area High School Philanthropy Club is seeking public input on how to use $5,000 in grant money.
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Lackawanna County Prison struck a deal with the federal government to house federal inmates at a certain rate per day, per prisoner.
The new agreement with the marshals' service was negotiated by the Summerhill Law Firm of Washington DC.
The agreement caps the number of federal detainees in the prison at 230 on any given day.
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The per diem rate will rise from $102 per detainee to $119 per detainee beginning February 1.
BARTONSVILLE, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A new healthcare campus is being constructed in Monroe County and the final beam was raised on Tuesday.
The last beam was put in place for the frame of the Lehigh Valley Hospital Tannersville.
This is the third of several neighborhood hospitals. It will be located at 1328 Golden Slipper Road in Bartonsville.
LVH Tannersville will feature 11 ER beds and 10 inpatient beds for those requiring overnight stays or additional monitoring and testing.
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Newswatch 16's Chelsea Strub talked to neighbors in a friendly rivalry for the matchup of Super Bowl 59.
(WBRE/WYOU) — A court has postponed the pause on all federal agencies to temporarily pause funding to different programs by the White House.
In the last hour, the court has pushed back the pause to Monday.
The funding pause was scheduled to go into effect at 5:00 p.m., but late Tuesday afternoon a federal judge pushed back the pause until at least Monday.
Separately, a group of nonprofit organizations filed a lawsuit in Washington saying that the funding pause is "devoid of any legal basis or the barest rationale."
