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Montoursville schools talk hybrid learning model

Montoursville Area School District's plan for students to start the school year under the hybrid model was discussed at Tuesday's board meeting with some people expressing concern that students will not be in classrooms five days a week. Superintendent Christina Bason told residents and concerned parents tuned to the virtual meeting that returning to a normal school week will depend upon numbers of coronavirus cases in Lycoming County. Bason noted that the hybrid model calling for students to report to classrooms two days a week and learn remotely other days was not the most popular ...

PIAA responds to governor’s pessimism on fall sports

Gov. Tom Wolf sent shockwaves throughout the sports world Thursday when he recommended at his daily press conference that no sports should be played until Jan. 1. The response came when a reporter asked for guidance regarding fans and spectators at high school sporting events this fall. The stunning announcement led to the PIAA holding an emergency board meeting not long after Wolf's announcement in the late morning. The executive session meeting was closed to the media and guests and lasted nearly 90 minutes. "Today, Governor Wolf issued a statement of strongly recommending no ...

Worries about 2020 census’ accuracy grow with cut schedule

ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Census Bureau is cutting its schedule for data collection for the 2020 census a month short as legislation that would have extended the national head count’s deadlines stalls in Congress. The move is worrying researchers, politicians and others who say the change will miss hard-to-count communities, including minorities and immigrants, and produce less trustworthy data. The Census Bureau said late Monday that the door-knocking and ability for households to respond either online, by phone or by mail to the questionnaire will stop at the end of September ...

Rental evictions restart at month’s end

Evictions can legally begin at the end of the month, said area landlords and city officials. Landlords who’ve been asked to hold off on issuing eviction notices can begin the process on Aug. 31. On May 7, Gov. Tom Wolf imposed a four-month moratorium on evictions and amended it later to ...

White Deer staff reportedly test positive for COVID-19

Staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 at White Deer Run of Williamsport, 901 Westminster Drive, according to an administrative assistant there, though CEO Jeff Thomas said the company would not comment on positive staff members due to privacy concerns. “We do not have any statement on that at this time,” he said. “We cannot report any confirmed or not confirmed cases. There are regulations on what can and cannot be reported about staff members.” However, he did say that there are currently no positive cases among the center’s patients, who come in for “partial ...

Jobless rates keep climbing; 4K out of work countywide

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to create spikes in joblessness in Lycoming and Clinton counties. So far, more than 5,000 jobs have been lost since last year in the two counties, Department of Labor and Industry and Pennsylvania Economy League statistics showed, and officials blame the pandemic. As of this week, the labor force in Lycoming County was 52,880. Compared to a year ago, there were 56,896 people working in the county. The loss of more than 4,000 workers is indicative a troubled economy from closures, furloughs and layoffs. Additionally, the unemployment rate was 4.6 ...