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SCRANTON — Doctors in the city want to use data to treat a disease that claims more lives than breast cancer. Geisinger Community Medical Center is opening a new $1.7 million epilepsy monitoring unit on Monday where medical staff can capture and study eve

Relay for Life of NEPA raised about $144,000 through the end of its 24-hour walking event over the weekend. The amount currently in the coffers is short of the $170,000 goal, said Melissa Wall, who chaired the event at PNC Field. The group hopes to meet o

Frank Henry, chairman emeritus of the Martz Group who was known for his leadership in the transportation industry, his philanthropy and public service, died Sunday. He was 85. For more than 50 years, Henry served as chairman of the Martz Group, a fifth ge

Registered nurses at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital continued to picket Monday for the fifth day, demanding improvements in staffing. The nurses planned to strike for one day on Thursday but the hospital hired temporary replacement nurses and locked out th

WILKES-BARRE — A panel of Commonwealth Court judges on Monday sided with the Wilkes-Barre City Police Benevolent Association in a dispute about whether holiday pay and other special compensation should be included when calculating the pensions of retired

WEST PITTSTON — Given the continuing news stories on Russian interference in the 2016 election and a related investigation into President Donald Trump’s campaign, the timing of a local ad for a bus tour of Brighton Beach — “Brooklyn’s Little Russia” — mig

LUZERNE — A borough woman faces a child endangerment charge for allowing a male juvenile to smoke marijuana in her home, according to Luzerne police. A Luzerne officer smelled marijuana while on patrol Saturday night, according to a police news release. T

Dear J.T. & Dale: My boss just announced that she has cancer and is going to have to take time off. In her absence, she has put my co-worker in charge. This woman is on a total power trip. I overheard her saying that she is going to make some changes and

WILKES-BARRE — Nurses locked out of their jobs rallied Sunday in front of Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. “I am done being degraded and disrespected,” said Heidi Stempien, a registered nurse at the hospital and secretary of the local chapter of the Pennsyl

Residents of Exeter Twp. want to know more about a planned treatment center at the site of the shuttered Sarah J. Dymond Elementary School, in the township’s Harding section. However, they are not likely to find out much at tonight’s meeting of the townsh