Update: Toxic air pollutant from Delaware refinery release has been below health standard, according to DNREC

Delaware City Refinery is releasing high levels of the toxic sulfur dioxide, DNREC reports say. DNREC says the spill is the result of a boiler issue and is being repaired. Even limited exposure to sulfur dioxide is dangerous. The Delaware City Refinery has …

Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreens closing: See where, when in Delaware

Rite Aid, CVS and Walgreens will have closed a collective 1,000 locations across the U.S. in 2025, and Delaware will feel the hit as stores shutter across the state. Pharmaceutical giant Rite Aid announced it was closing 316 stores as it filed for its …

Northern Lights 2025: New opportunity to view dazzling light display in Delaware Valley

The Delaware Valley has a decent opportunity to view the Northern Lights. PHILADELPHIA - Several times in 2024, the Northern Lights were visible in the region, which is an unusual and rare occurrence for the area. Another opportunity to view the beautiful …

2025 Delaware All-State Baseball Team

Here's when the Delaware Valley could see the northern lights over the next 2 nights

Over the next two nights, a widespread display of the northern lights will dance across the northern U.S., including Philadelphia, and the lights could dip as far as Alabama and northern California. A severe G4 geomagnetic storm (level 4 of 5) is set to …

Delaware County AAPI Heritage Month Festival brings community together in Rose Tree Park

Joe Biden Jokes About His Mental Fitness While Addressing Cancer Battle at Memorial Day Event in Wilmington Delaware

At a Memorial Day event in Wilmington, Delaware, Joe Biden showed some humor when a reporter asked about his mental sharpness. The former president, sounding a bit hoarse, quipped, “You can see that I was mentally incompetent and I can’t walk and I can …

Delaware & Maryland on List of Sanctuary Jurisdictions Defying Federal Immigration Law

An executive order signed by President Trump – “Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens” requires a list of states and local jurisdictions that obstruct the enforcement of Federal immigration laws be published.  This list was created to …

Comedian Josh Pray Says Don’t Sleep on Delaware: “The Smallest, Biggest State in America

In his signature high-energy style, Josh Pray gives Delaware its comedic flowers, it to Captain America—the “first avenger”—because Delaware is literally the first U.S. state, aka “The Big D.” He jokes that being first gives it top-tier status, even if …

Merit Medical acquires Biolife Delaware

Merit Medical Systems Inc., a South Jordan-based health care technology company, has acquired Biolife Delaware LLC in a merger transaction through which Biolife has become a wholly owned subsidiary of Merit. Biolife, which is headquartered in Sarasota, …