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Lancaster County commissioners on Wednesday approved using $500,000 in COVID recovery funds to add new welding and machine fabrication training facilities at the Spanish American Civic Association for Equality.

Electronic poll books won positive marks from election workers during a trial run in the May municipal primary, but opposition from Lancaster County’s two Republican commissioners means they likely won’t

Lancaster County commissioners likely will select a design team for its new prison project next month, Commissioner John Trescot said Thursday.

Lancaster County government is currently staffed at pre-pandemic levels, officials reported Monday during a review of hiring efforts at the monthly salary board meeting.

A local resident with a unique history and expertise in the opioid crisis called on the Lancaster County board of commissioners Wednesday to change the county’s strategy for fighting the

For the corrections officers and prisoners at Lancaster County Prison, Friday could be the hottest of the year inside the aging structure, portions of which date back to the 19th

Lancaster County emergency management officials will formally evaluate a new internship program with a Minneapolis-based for-profit university before its contract automatically renews next year.

With the exception of public school administrators, the budget standoff in Harrisburg isn’t causing a lot of concern for local government officials in Lancaster County.

Lancaster County Prison’s drug-assisted treatment program for addiction could get a big boost today if county commissioners approve a $500,000 grant to help expand the program.

Lancaster County government has about $40 million left of its $106 million allocation from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act, and on Wednesday, county commissioners plan to establish a strategy