United Way launches campaign amid pandemic
WILKES-BARRE It was a campaign launch probably unlike any other and certainly different from the eight prior ones Bill Jones presided over, but, then, the CEO of United Way of Wyoming Valley concede
LCCC president: School ready to open, with later start option
NANTICOKE Luzerne County Community College President Thomas Leary opened Tuesday s Board of Trustees meeting with a video of himself explaining steps taken to make the campus safe for returning stud
Wyoming Area School Board OKs support staff contract
EXETER In a meeting available to the public only via live YouTube streaming, the Wyoming Area School Board approved a new contract with the education support staff union, running from July 1 of this
Luzerne County Schools get nearly $3.4 million in COVID-19 grants
The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency formally announced the awarding of school health and safety grants that became available in June. Districts and other school entities had to apply
Area schools get grants to help special needs students in pandemic
Luzerne County s 11 school districts and lone brick and mortar charter school are eligible for a total of $478,829 in grant money to help special needs students during the pandemic.
Crestwood high school remote learning: Shorter periods, teacher office hours
WRIGHT TWP. Crestwood High School students will learn at home the first few weeks through live online lessons in much the same way they would in school, with eight periods per day (one of them lunch
Northwest Area offering choice of hybrid education or asynchronous cyber school
UNION TWP. The Northwest Area School Board approved an updated plan Wednesday for the opening of school Sept. 8, giving parents a choice between a hybrid program with two groups of students taking t
University of Scranton President stepping down due to ALS
SCRANTON University of Scranton President the Rev. Scott Pilarz announced via a video to the campus community on Wednesday that he will step down at the end of the 2020-21 academic year. He cited th
Coming to college in the middle of a pandemic
WILKES-BARRE Laura Bogert felt pretty safe about moving back onto King s College campus this week, and was happy to see friends again. But when asked about her biggest concern in returning to school
Pittston Area drops hybrid plan, will be full remote for first quarter
YATESVILLE Pittston Area School Board voted Tuesday to drop last month s plan to open with a hybrid model of learning and move to a fully-remote model for the first quarter of the upcoming school ye
Luzerne County Community College ranked 7th in the state by wallethub
NANTICOKE Luzerne County Community College was seventh among 13 community colleges across Pennsylvania in a new national community college rankings by the website wallethub.com
Dallas switches to hybrid learning for school opening
DALLAS TWP. Dallas School District has dropped previous plans to open with full in-person education for any student that wanted it, switching to a hybrid model that will split the students into two
ZIP Code data: Hazleton area continues to have most new COVID-19 cases
For the week from Aug. 8 through Aug. 14, Hazleton s two ZIP codes made up 55 percent of the 167 new cases of COVID-19 in Luzerne County, according to state Department of Health data.
Multi-cleat shoe system wins high-school entrepreneur competition
HAZLETON A multi-cleat shoe system for the multi-sport athlete nabbed a $1,000 first place prize Wednesday in a high school entrepreneurship competition held, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, via Zo
Greater Nanticoke Area sticking with hybrid plan, for now
NANTICOKE Three Luzerne County School Districts may have announced a change from hybrid lessons to remote-only learning in the last two days, but Greater Nanticoke Area Superintendent Ron Grevera sa
Wyoming Area to go full-virtual for start of school
EXETER Wyoming Area became the third Luzerne County school district in two days to decide learning will be online at the beginning of the school year, according to a letter posted on the district we
Crestwood joins growing rank of local districts starting all-remote
WRIGHT TWP. Crestwood joins a growing list of local school districts dropping hybrid plans in favor of all-remote learning for the start of the school year.
WVW changes plan, opts for full-remote learning through Oct. 9
KINGSTON Wyoming Valley West School district has switched plans and will open with full-remote learning through Oct. 9, Superintendent Dave Tosh announced at a virtual monthly School Board meeting W
Luzerne County has high rate of ventilator hospitalizations
Luzerne County has a much higher rate of hospitalizations involving the use of mechanical ventilation machines breathing for the ill than the state rate, according to a new study. Among the state
Wilkes offers two days of free training for teachers
WILKES-BARRE The Wilkes University School of education is offering two days of free, online professional development for teachers next Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 18 and 19. The training, running fr