2020
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FEMA discusses changes to levee and effects on flood maps
Officials met Friday in what was described as the start of a multi-year process to address changes to sections of the levee system along the Susquehanna River and the possible corresponding effects
Death of man, 91, under investigation; grandson faces charge
ROSS TWP. State police confirmed 91-year-old George Bacon was found dead inside his residence on Oliver Road Friday morning, and investigators charged the man s grandson with aggravated assault.
Navient hosts Head Start class at Christmas party
HANOVER TWP. For the past 10 years, Team Navient has hosted its sponsored bilingual classroom from Luzerne County Head Start at its company s holiday party.
New Luzerne County drug and alcohol director announced
Ryan Hogan is Luzerne County s new drug and alcohol administrator, county Manager C. David Pedri announced Friday.
Decertification hearing scheduled for teen girl charged with criminal homicide
A Luzerne County judge has scheduled a hearing to determine if homicide suspect Louisa Reyes will face a jury trial as an adult or be prosecuted in juvenile court.
Dan Meuser: Sizing up 2020 Congressional priorities
As we begin the New Year, and a new decade, Congress should commit to doing the job that the people elected us to do.
Research continues into suggested Luzerne County legal action over pollution mandate
Luzerne County s law office is preparing a comprehensive opinion about proposed county legal action attempting to stop a federal pollution reduction mandate and stormwater fees, but that opinion won t
6 killed in Germany shooting, suspect arrested
Our View: Fight against human trafficking is a worthy cause
Diamonds to King s College and the NEPA Task Force Against Human Trafficking for putting together a simple yet essential trafficking awareness campaign. King s has mustered 23 volunteers who went arou
Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate up slightly to 4.5%
WILKES-BARRE Pennsylvania s unemployment rate was up two-tenths of a percentage point over the past month to 4.5% in December.