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Canadian wildfire smoke turns air hazardous

NEW YORK (AP) — Heavy, pungent smoke from Canadian wildfires darkened skies in the U.S. on Thursday from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast, reducing visibility for commuters and prompting warnings that air quality could make being outside dangerous. Detroit's air quality was ...

Therapy pet named Volunteer of the Year

It was a party at the Presbyterian Home at Williamsport. There were balloons and cake and ice cream as residents gathered to honor their Volunteer of the Year, an 11-year-old Great Pyrenees therapy dog, named Aspen. Aspen, along with her owner/handler, Tammie Cristini, accepted the plaque ...

Region’s legislators split votes on budget

Lycoming County’s lawmakers in the General Assembly were divided over the compromise budget signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro Monday, with state Rep. Jamie Flick, R-South Williamsport, voting yes and state Rep. Joe Hamm, R-Hepburn Township, voting no. The budget passed the state House on a 167-35 ...

Victim testifies in alleged gunman’s trial

Just three months shy of five years to the day a 25-year-old mother of two was struck by a stray bullet in the second floor bedroom of her home in the 600 block of Maple Street, the trial for the alleged shooter began in the courtroom of Lycoming County President Judge Eric Linhardt. Apprehended in June 2024, Douglas Robinson Jr., 24, of Williamsport, faces aggravated assault-attempts to cause serious bodily injury or causes injury with extreme difference, discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure, firearms not to be carried without a license, possession of a weapon and ...