2021
21,400 articles
Area agencies team up to push health insurance for children
WILKES-BARRE At a veritable who s who of social support agencies gathered in the lobby of 15 Public Square Tuesday, United Way of Wyoming Valley President Bill Jones offered a particularly succinct
Past claims driving up Wilkes-Barre’s insurance premiums
WILKES-BARRE The history of claims will drive up new premiums by more than $100,000, the city s insurance broker said Tuesday night.
Wyoming Valley Levee overseer purchasing Forty Fort building for offices
Instead of continued leasing, the Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority plans to purchase the former state police training facility on Wyoming Avenue in Forty Fort for $565,000 to house its office
Luzerne County Ethics Commission sets hearing on complaint
After a one-hour executive session Wednesday, Luzerne County s Ethics Commission announced a complaint under its review will advance to a hearing in October.
Pringle native assumes command of the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team
WILKES-BARRE Commander Stacey (Rosick) Crecy recently assumed command of the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team during a change of command ceremony in Novato, Calif.
YOUR VIEW: Give a listen to what Rural Caucus Dems have to offer
Poverty retreating; means to control COVID; and infrastructure coming including connectivity, broadband and cell service (imagine, no more trips to McDonalds or Walmart parking lots for internet); sho
Tyler Cowen: A hawkish approach to Afghanistan wouldn’t have worked, either
As the Taliban seize control of Kabul and indeed all of Afghanistan, it is worth pondering the less obvious lessons of this 20-year episode. It is a reminder of why I cannot bring myself to be a forei
As easy as it is tasty: Pasta, olive oil, tomato, basil and (raw) garlic
Having offered to cook for my visiting vegetarian sister, I made a quick scan through my computer recipe files and found this, something I clearly downloaded a while ago but had never bothered to whip
More than 1,000 piggies ready for St. Mary’s Homecoming Picnic
The volunteers at St. Mary s Church in Mocanaqua started cooking early Monday morning, and continued well into the afternoon, transforming 240 pounds of meat into a little more than 1,000 piggies, a
Yankees overtake Red Sox for wild card with doubleheader sweep
NEW YORK Luis Gil posted his third straight scoreless start to begin his career, Luke Voit and Giancarlo Stanton homered, and the New York Yankees beat Boston 2-0 Tuesday night to sweep a doublehead
RailRiders split two games with Worcester with cameos by Kluber, Andujar
Miguel Andujar stepped in for his first game back with the RailRiders and sent a grounder into center field for a single.