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WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County Council will soon decide what to do with an unexpected windfall. Council members at a Tuesday work session briefly discussed where to place $254,902 the county will receive from an unemployment insurance trust fund in which t

WILKES-BARRE — The way Luzerne County 911 keeps dispatch call logs prevents the public from being able to evaluate the efficiency of local emergency services, an appeals officer for the state Office of Open Records has determined. The county emergency cal

A federal program will send almost $183,000 to eight local organizations to help with their work. The local branch of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program awarded funds to eight Luzerne County nonprofits that expect to serve more than 6,550 people this

JENKINS TWP. — Recruiting workers has been a challenge for Valley Distributing & Storage Company, which has locations in Laflin, Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. Carol Keup, chief operating officer of the family-owned warehousing, logistics and transportation b

WILKES-BARRE — A city councilwoman plans to post a photo of a different blighted property every day on Facebook to prod the administration to properly address them. Beth Gilbert says complaints about properties with code and health violations she’s heard

WILKES-BARRE — City police are investigating a gunpoint robbery that was reported late Monday night. Officers responded to the area of South Pennsylvania Avenue and Dana Street shortly before 11:40 p.m. to a report that a 57-year-old man had been robbed.

By one measure in the fight against drug addiction, the tables are turning. Hospital admissions for opioid drug overdoses — that is, from heroin and prescription pain medicine — dropped by 35 percent in Lackawanna County and by 1 percent in Luzerne County

FNCB Bank celebrates the grand opening of its new full-service community office at 1150 Route 315, Plains Twp. with a ribbon cutting at 4 today.The branch is located next to Dunkin Donuts in the Richland 315 Complex. Branches at 27 North River St., Plains

FIFI, a B-29 Superfortress, landed at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in Pittston Twp. on Tuesday for a five-day event. The B-29 is part of the Commemorative Air Force, a group touring World War II vintage aircraft. The event is open to the pu

WILKES-BARRE — Kathleen Dunsmuir looked backward and forward during Tuesday’s 2018 EPIC Awards. Dunsmuir, who is this year’s recipient of the ATHENA Award, recalled the men and women who mentored her in her finance career and the mentoring she’s done as s