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Beyond the Byline: Give the gift of life
Driving to run errands Sunday, the song Take It Easy by the Eagles came on the radio.
Beyond the byline: A gift I wish my mother could have had
It s National Donate Life Month and it would be impossible, I think, to come up with a better donation than that.
Beyond the byline: Spring cleaning and a lifetime of memories
Every year at this time, it happens.
Beyond the Byline: Remembering the old clock and good times
I can still remember walking into the 109th Field Artillery Armory back in the mid 1960s when the Wilkes-Barre Barons were the class of the Eastern Basketball League.
L&I will transition to new unemployment compensation system in June
State Rep. Gerald Mullery this week said the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry will be launching a new, streamlined unemployment compensation system on June 8.
Beyond the Byline: Vaccination key to return to ‘normalcy’
WILKES-BARRE It s been over a year now that we have been living in this pandemic.
Beyond the Byline: Get much tougher on distracted driving
WILKES-BARRE See that little kid all dressed up on Easter Sunday many years ago?
Wolf, Casey, Cartwright praise Biden’s spending plan; Toomey, Meuser opposed
Gov. Tom Wolf joined President Joe Biden in Pittsburgh this week and issued a statement on the president s announcement of his American Jobs Plan, which focuses on many of the same priorities that the
Beyond the Byline: Opening Day another sign of spring
WILKES-BARRE As we continue to slowly crawl out of the restrictions of the pandemic, another sign of spring arrives this week Major League Baseball s Opening Day.
Gov. Wolf visits NEPA to share Pennsylvania’s vaccination success
WILKES-BARRE Gov. Tom Wolf this week visited Scranton Primary Health Care Center Lackawanna County s only federally qualified health center to tout progress the state is making toward vaccinatin
Beyond the Byline: March Madness helps cope with pandemic madness
After more than a year of global madness, March Madness seemed to be a welcome event.
Casey, Toomey introduce bipartisan nursing home reform legislation
WILKES-BARRE U.S. Senators Bob Casey and Pat Toomey this week said more than 178,000 nursing home and long-term care facility residents and workers have died from COVID-19, accounting for 34 percent
Beyond the Byline: We need more volunteers like Bill Pollard
The story about Bill Pollard that ran on Sunday got me to thinking about just how important volunteers are to so many organizations and to the community as a whole.
Beyond the Byline: How I’ll spend my $6.5M winnings …
WILKES-BARRE It was 4:45 a.m. Friday morning when my house phone rang.
L&I: 500 new staffers will improve unemployment compensation service
WILKES-BARRE The Department of Labor & Industry this week said it is taking action to make it easier for Pennsylvanians with questions or issues to reach the department.
Beyond the Byline: Hall of Famer, my dad
All I can say is that my dad deserves to be honored by induction into the Luzerne County Sports Hall of Fame.
Beyond the Byline: No time to be reckless as pandemic finish line nears
When the pandemic arrived, we really didn t know what to expect.
State highlights impacts of ‘Back to Work PA’ on economy, communities
Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Dennis Davin this week highlighted how Gov. Tom Wolf s Back to Work PA plan will help Pennsylvania s workers, businesses, and econom
Beyond the byline: A jacket, a watch, a season to cherish
Some might say that for winning the league and district championship back in 1966, all we got was a lousy watch.