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(WBRE/WYOU) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is deploying a disease detective to investigate a growing measles outbreak in Pennsylvania. State officials in Harrisburg requested the federal assistance as the commonwealth leads the nation in total measles cases. The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported that the state's year-to-date total has reached 1,260 measles [...]

A haunted attraction in Bloomsburg is back for another year of scares.

LEWISBURG — Community members in the Greater Susquehanna Valley selected Central Susquehanna Opportunities (CSO) to receive a $110,000 grant through the 110 Community Grant Panels hosted by First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania (FCFP).

MIFFLINBURG — A Mifflinburg Borough Council member voiced opposition to two proposed ordinances that will be considered at next week’s public meeting.

For 180 years, the Christ United Methodist Church has sat on the corner of Front and King streets in Northumberland, carrying on a religious tradition that dates back more than two centuries in the borough.

LEWISBURG — A master potter and lithographer are the featured artists through October at Artists & Artisans — A Cooperative Gallery.

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NORTHUMBERLAND — The Priestley-Forsyth Memorial Library will celebrate its 100th anniversary at 1 p.m. Sunday at Front Street Station in Northumberland.

Over the past 20 years, genetic testing and the understanding of genetic mutations have helped advance treatment options for breast cancer patients and their families.

Tourism generated $619 million in visitor spending across the four Susquehanna Valley counties of Union, Snyder, Montour and Northumberland, according to the latest data released by Tourism Economics, a company that works with the Pennsylvania State Visitors Bureau.