It’s almost here. The 2023 Raise the Region campaign, organized by the First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania, is a 30-hour online giving event. People from across the country — around the world, even — can donate to hundreds of nonprofits in our region. Several ...

As the Associated Press reported in Wednesday’s Williamsport Sun-Gazette, the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court seems ready to overturn the Biden administration’s attempt at student loan forgiveness. While we do not claim to assess the constitutionality of the executive ...

“They were able to take care of us. They did a great job.” Kalyn Essick, a new mother who spoke to the Williamsport Sun-Gazette for an article in Wednesday’s edition, knows better than anyone how fortunate our communities were when a power outage affected UPMC Williamsport. Kalyn ...

A criminal case is now proceeding against the five men charged in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, with a trial scheduled for August. But there still is no ruling on whether discovery evidence against the defendants will be accessible to the public. As it stands, a ...

The Associated Press, in an article in the business section of this weekend’s Sun-Gazette, accurately summed up the circumstances in one word: alarming. Under the key measurement the Federal Reserve uses to determine the severity of inflation, in January inflation rose at its fastest pace ...

It’s troubling. The decision by Gov. Josh Shapiro and several of his top staffers to accept Super Bowl tickets from a nonprofit that accepts millions in tax dollars should raise questions about the potential for favoritism and the ability of the governor’s office to act impartially and ...