Bradford County Library

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After a long battle, the Bradford County Library is losing 30% of its funding for 2025. That's a smaller loss than the commissioners' earlier proposed 50% cut, but library staff are figuring out how to keep the library open with such a significant cut. WVIA's Isabela Weiss was there for the commissioners' meeting. She explains what the library does next.

The Bradford County Library (BCL) loses 30% of its funding for 2025 – a merciful loss compared to commissioners’ proposed 50% cut earlier this year.

Bradford County Commissioners and the Friends of the Bradford County Library are locked in a battle over the library’s budget, hours and even its collection. Most recently, the commissioners unveiled a 50 percent budget cut and unexpectedly fired the library’s interim director.WVIA’s Isabela Weiss has been following all of the back and forth, spending quite a bit of time in Bradford County. She came back to the WVIA studio to catch us up on Morning Edition.

Over the last week, Bradford County Commissioners unveiled plans to slash the Bradford County Library’s budget by nearly 50% and fired its interim director. Now, the library’s citizens’ group is struggling to keep the library’s doors open.

Less than a week after Bradford County Commissioners proposed slashing the Bradford County Library’s budget by 50%, the county fired interim library director Rebecca Troup-Hodgdon on Monday.

In a fiery Bradford County Commissioners meeting, residents and commissioners waged verbal warfare over the Bradford County Library (BCL) last week.

Nearly one year ago, the Bradford County Library (BCL) was almost shut down in secret. Now, the library’s citizens’ group won a statewide award for its fight to save the library.