2020
25,616 articles
Wilkes-Barre City Hall employee says he lobbied for mayor’s budget on own time
WILKES-BARRE For almost two weeks David Yonki remained the unidentified City Hall employee accused of organizing a lobbying effort during working hours to support the mayor s proposed 2021 budget.

Rite Aid updates COVID-19 testing program
WILKES-BARRE Asymptomatic testing will now be available for individuals 13 and older at existing Rite Aid testing sites, the company announced Tuesday.

Diamond City Partnership presents Downtown W-B Dining Deals event
WILKES-BARRE Larry Newman, executive director at Diamond City Partnership, Tuesday said the downtown s businesses are assets that we cannot afford to lose, and added that the inaugural Downtown W-

Lawsuit filed in construction worker’s hit-run death on I-81
WILKES-BARRE The family of a man killed in a hit-and-run on Interstate 81 this summer has filed a suit against the man police say was driving the car that killed him.

‘We wanted to honor a special person’
WILKES-BARRE It s never too early for a little Christmas cheer, and there was plenty to go around on Public Square Tuesday evening as the city s annual parade and tree-lighting ceremony was held wit

Wilkes-Barre sets Thanksgiving holiday collection schedule
WILKES-BARRE City Hall will be closed for the Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday and there will be no Department of Public Works services.

AAA: Pa. residents re-thinking Thanksgiving travel
WILKES-BARRE Jana Tidwell, manager of Public and Government Affairs for AAA Mid-Atlantic, Tuesday said a new survey indicates that a large majority of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware residents

Small Business Saturday 2020

Your view: Keep the faith. We will eventually take back the country
Just as in 2016, the traditional and normal people of Luzerne County rejected the temptation to vote for a radical left-wing agenda for America.

Luzerne County Council approves sale of former juvenile detention center
After 18 years in limbo, Luzerne County s former juvenile detention center will be sold for $50,000 to a Wilkes-Barre businessman who plans to renovate the structure for offices and loft apartments, a