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Some luxury retailers throughout the region have been successful in targeting high-end shoppers for decades and keeping them coming back. They include Van Scoy Diamond Mine, which has been in business for more than 70 years. The family-owned business sell

When Chewy.com’s 800,000-square-foot fulfillment center opened last year in Hanover Twp., it boosted a burgeoning business model in the Wyoming Valley: e-commerce. Chewy.com, founded in 2011 and based in Florida, is an entirely web-based company, known as

The Wyoming County Planning Commission gave the green light Wednesday night to three substantial land developments: an Aldi Food Market in Eaton Twp., a Dollar General store in Lemon Twp., and a D&C Fuel Station and Convenience Store in Tunkhannock Twp. T

WILKES-BARRE — The state Superior Court on Friday rejected convicted killer Jessica Alinsky’s argument that she was wrongfully denied a mistrial because prosecutors withheld exculpatory evidence. Alinsky, a 34-year-old former Hazle Twp. resident, was conv

Stove grate used in self-defense WILKES-BARRE — A woman used an iron stove grate to fend off an attacker, according to city police. Police said a 33-year-old city woman told them that an intoxicated man assaulted her at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday at a New Alexan

WILKES-BARRE — Eighty percent of homes tested in Wilkes-Barre over the past several months had elevated levels of lead — a scary statistic for area residents with young children. Lower levels of lead in the body can cause problems in young children, such

HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of former state attorney general Kathleen Kane for leaking secret grand jury information and lying about it, saying among other things she wasn’t entitled to use evidence of a porno

The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Plains Twp. hosted a Memorial Day ceremony on Friday at the center’s main entrance area. The ceremony was held to remember and honor the men and women who gave their lives in military service.

The Wilkes-Barre Area School District has released three new design renderings of its new consolidated high school in Plains Twp. The district plans to merge Coughlin and Meyers high schools in 2022 after the new school is built on 78 acres in Plains Twp.

The Pennsylvania Lottery’s new Keno game tickets have been selling “like gangbusters” since debuting at the beginning of the month, lottery spokesman Gary Miller said. Since May 1, the Pennsylvania Lottery took in $2.7 million in Keno sales and players ha