2020
25,616 articles
Legislators seek funding to reclaim abandoned mine lands
SWOYERSVILLE Standing before a huge culm bank at the Harry E. Colliery, U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright on Thursday said Congress must reauthorize the Abandoned Mine Land Trust Fund, which allows states t
Third person charged in Nanticoke burglary
NANTICOKE City police arrested Nicholas Jamilowski for his alleged role in ransacking a residence on Enterprise Street earlier this month.
Ann McFeatters: Is this how democracy dies?
WASHINGTON If you were a juror in a trial and the judge said there would be no evidence and no witnesses because the defendant didn t want them, you would be nonplussed.
Citizens Blight Committee rises from trash heaps in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE No one can accuse Greg Griffin of being unable to see the blight for the debris.
Pennsylvania’s GOP House speaker to retire after three terms
PITTSBURGH Pennsylvania House Speaker Mike Turzai will not run for reelection, the Republican announced Thursday, ending the career of a conservative force in state government in a critical year whe
Bognet announces run for 8th Congressional District
WILKES-BARRE Former Trump Administration appointee Jim Bognet on Thursday announced his candidacy for the 8th Congressional District seat. He is running as a Republican.
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‘Road to Recovery’ drivers offer more than ride to cancer patients
Volunteers in the American Cancer Society s Road to Recovery program were honored recently during a luncheon held at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center s Henry Cancer Center in Plains Township.
MLK event at Wilkes focuses on unity
WILKES-BARRE We need you, Brianna Rowland said in remarks at a Martin Luther King Jr. event Thursday. We need allies to point out injustice to those who will not listen to the ones suffering, but
Benefit show for Bret Alexander, former member of The Badlees, planned
PLAINS TOWNSHIP BANDing together for BRET, a benefit show for Bret Alexander, will take place on Saturday, April 11, in The Woodlands Grand Ballroom.
DHS responds to OIG report
WILKES-BARRE The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services on Thursday responded to the findings of a report of the federal Office of Inspector General that found fault with the monitoring of people
Man in custody in police involved shooting in Kingston
KINGSTON A Kingston police officer discharged a round from his service revolver when a man pulled what was believed to be a firearm from his waistband inside an apartment building on Wyoming Avenue