Susquehanna News

Prospective employees at a central Pennsylvania hospital chain will now be tested for nicotine when they apply for jobs.

A black bear continues to roam around in Lower Paxton and Susquehanna Townships, and officials with the Pennsylvania Game Commission try to address the situation.

Project manager Joel Mitchell, of Pennsylvania American Water, said the underground drilling technique, used recently to install more than 1,300 feet of waterline across the same river in Luzerne County, is more economical and environmentally friendly.

If you smoke don't plan on getting a job with one health care provider in central Pennsylvania next year.

The death of a Bainbridge man after a bar fight has been ruled a homicide, Lancaster County Coroner Dr.

More than two dozen young adults paid tribute to local veterans Monday morning by raising new flags at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Lincoln Street and Spanish-American War Monument at Market and Lincoln streets.

A controversial high-voltage transmission line proposed for Northeast Pennsylvania is inching closer to reality.

Mammoth utility towers and wires for 500 kilovolts of additional power should be approved to become a part of the Pocono landscape, likely within the next two years.

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Excavations along Penns Creek have revealed cooking and flint-napping sites, as well as flints, pottery, triangle points and paleo-scrapers, indicating the area was inhabited at least 13,000 years ago and into the Colonial period.

A million dollars of federal transportation enhancement money that was intended to be spent on land acquisition for a park at Lauxmont Farms in Lower Windsor Township will now likely be used for other improvements, such as a river walk and parking.

The Daily Item DANVILLE - Dr. O. Fred Miller and his wife Joan are giving back to a community they say has given them so much.

Wyoming County DA Challenger Pulls Election Schocker - by Wes Skllings, D.C. Koviac and Ann Whynman - 11/5/2009 Possibly the biggest surprise of Tuesday's election was the defeat of Republican incumbent Wyoming County District Attorney George Skumanick by Democratic challenger Jeff Mitchell.

Next Wednesday, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day. It is a great opportunity to salute those who have defended our country.

Back when Kishacoquillas Valley was still frontier country, a group of immigrants settled down to build their homes and a place of worship.

Tax Referendum on Ballots in Wyalusing School District - by By Wes Skillings & Ann Whynman - 10/29/2009 Tuesday, Nov.

John Wilson Jamie Smith The Montrose Mayor seat has a recent write in challenger, as borough resident Jamie Smith has entered the race as a write in candidate.

Picture a paved trail friendly to walkers, bikes and whatnot, tracing the Susquehanna from Columbia to nearly the Dauphin County line.

The LPN Career Center has plans to move from its current Sunbury location to a larger facility in Lewisburg, with a scheduled occupancy date of January 2010.

John Paul and Carol Jones, Montrose area food bank coordinator Lynn Senick, Emerson and Eva Whitehead, Oakland area food bank coordinator Aletha Monahan and Rep.