Columbia County

NEPA Ecotour will be held on June 6 and 7. It’s not an overnight cycling trip but rather the 85 miles from Ararat to Berwick will be split up over two days.

From school drinking fountains to private wells and municipal water systems, tests show the presence of 'forever chemicals' known as PFAS. A DEP hearing on widespread contamination in Columbia County is scheduled for May 11.

WVIA News will broadcast live from a News & Brews event this afternoon, Tuesday, April 14, at Turkey Hill Brewing Company in Bloomsburg.

Andrew Pruden is the owner of Turkey Hill Inn, which was established by his grandfather. His daughter, Olivia King, will soon take over the family business.

Stop by the WVIA Studios at the Journey Bank Community Arts Center from 10 a.m. to noon today, Thursday, March 12, to meet members of the WVIA News Team and other WVIA personalities during Raise the Region 2026.

A new Penn State study found a ‘hotspot’ of melanoma cases in central Pennsylvania, where there is a high amount of cultivated farmland.

John 'Stanky' Stankovic, the Nanticoke-born polka musician whose band performed all over the United States and around the world, died early Christmas Day. He was 89.

Follow along each day at WVIA.org as we publish '2025 Year in Review,' a week-long series recounting the top stories of the past year through New Year's Day. Today, check out the top news stories from some of the rural communities in our region.

In this story, you can find the results of contested countywide races and county judicial retention elections plus links to all county municipal election websites, where you can find the results of races for magisterial district judge, borough council, township supervisor, school director and, in a few cases, mayor.

A 15-year-old boy died and another was seriously wounded in Williamsport on Halloween night. A 16-year-old boy was shot Saturday in Bloomsburg. Police did not report on his condition.