Columbia distributed $26,982 in state tourism funding to support 16 Juneteenth events, with organizers set to attend a March 31 workshop.

While the Trump administration has rolled back federal support for DEI initiatives, there is no public plan to change the status of Juneteenth as a federal holiday. The fifth year since Juneteenth was ...

Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when enslaved men and women in Texas found out they were free. But liberation didn't arrive ...

Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday and technically Juneteenth National Independence Day, strikes us as a fine idea that all Americans can and should get behind. It’s been a federal holiday only ...

Water main breaks that have plagued the community caused more disruption to the Haledon school calendar than the unrelenting ...

Any student of American history knows that there are hard truths to ponder about our past. Slavery certainly falls into this category. Today (Thursday, June 19, 2025), the United States commemorates ...

IN A NEW LOCATION FROM 12 PEOPLE TO THE LARGEST JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION IN PENNSYLVANIA. SOME OF THESE VENDORS WERE HERE FOR THE VERY FIRST GATHERING, AND IT STARTED OFF. IT WAS SMALL. IT WASN’T. A LOT ...

Special foods, activities and historical events to celebrate.

Back in September 2020, then-President Donald Trump — ever the showman — made a bold pitch to Black voters: he would make Juneteenth a federal holiday. It was part of his glossy “Platinum Plan,” which ...