2021
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A soggy finish for Pittston Tomato Festival
PITTSTON While it may have been a bit wetter than one would have hoped for, the fourth and final day of the annual Pittston Tomato Festival still managed to pack in a ton of food and a ton of fun.

Amtrak study finds Scranton-NYC route would generate $87M
A proposed railroad passenger route between Scranton and New York would generate $87 million in annual economic activity, plus $2.9 billion from one-time investments, a new economic impact analysis by

Kane & Kelly belt out ‘Timothy’ and other hits at Pittston Tomato Festival
PITTSTON Some 50 years after the song Timothy hit the charts, Bill Kelly came home to sing it to an overflow crowd at the Pittston Tomato Festival on Saturday night.

Tournament honors Wyoming Area’s ‘angels’
WEST PITTSTON After a year away as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Angels in the Outfield Softball Tournament returned to the West Pittston Little League this weekend, with some of the area s

2021 Indicators Report: Infrastructure is the basis of our daily lives
WILKES-BARRE Teri Ooms, executive director at The Institute for Public Policy & Economic Development at Wilkes University, said infrastructure is the basis of our daily lives.

58 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Luzerne County Sunday; 2,169 statewide
WILKES-BARRE The latest Department of Health report on Sunday showed Luzerne County with 58 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths. The county s death count is at 840.