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Operators chosen for two new mental health crisis and stabilization centers in Luzerne County
February 5, 2024
Operators and locations have been selected for two mental health crisis and stabilization centers in Luzerne County, county Mental Health/Developmental Services Administrator Tara Fox said Monday.
Online access to some court records impacted by cyber attack
February 5, 2024
Luzerne County officials were notified Sunday night of a cyber attack on the Pennsylvania Courts website, according to a media release issued Monday.
Fourteen Luzerne County municipalities raising 2024 real estate taxes
February 4, 2024
Fourteen of Luzerne County’s 76 municipalities have increased real estate taxes for 2024, according to an annual report from the county Treasurer’s Office.
Luzerne County employees and retirees will pick board representative
February 4, 2024
Luzerne County government workers and retirees have an opportunity to elect their representative on the county retirement board, which oversees the employee pension fund.
Referendum explanation added to Luzerne County mail ballot packets
February 1, 2024
As long as the state says it’s OK, Luzerne County primary election mail ballot voters will receive a “plain English” statement to help them understand a referendum asking if they want to convene a government study commission, a county election board majority decided Thursday.
Luzerne County advancing refund plans for vehicle fee overpayments
February 1, 2024
Luzerne County is processing data required for the owners of approximately 31,000 vehicles in the county to claim $5 overpayments of a vehicle registration fee no longer in effect, county Manager Romilda Crocamo told council Thursday.
‘I won the election, and I can’t even be a supervisor’
January 31, 2024
Lifelong Dennison Township resident James Burke said he is crushed he won’t be permitted to fill a six-year township supervisor seat he won in the Nov. 7 general election.
Partial test installation of Market Street Bridge flood closure structure set for Thursday
January 31, 2024
A partial trial installation of the Market Street Bridge flood closure on the Kingston side will be completed Thursday morning, Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority Executive Director Christopher Belleman announced.
West Pittston inching toward goal of constructing a levee
January 31, 2024
West Pittston is making some headway advancing its goal to construct a levee along the Susquehanna River.
Wrong sibling released from Luzerne County prison, sought by police
January 30, 2024
A Luzerne County prison inmate recently was wrongly released after he was mistaken for his half-brother, who also had been lodged at the facility, officials confirmed.