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Luzerne County Council to receive top 3 manager finalists
April 21, 2023
Luzerne County’s Manager Search Committee will recommend three finalists for the top manager position to county council on Tuesday, according to committee Chairman Charles Sciandra.
Election board chair seeks drop box legal advice
April 20, 2023
Luzerne County Election Board Chairwoman Denise Williams publicly requested a legal opinion Wednesday on recent resolutions banning mail ballot drop boxes in Lehman and Dallas townships.
Luzerne County Retirement Board to hold hearing on Van Saun pension request
April 19, 2023
Due to a recent court order, Luzerne County’s Retirement Board must hold a public hearing next month about former Children and Youth director Joanne Van Saun’s county pension request, officials said Tuesday.
Luzerne County starts testing primary election voting equipment
April 17, 2023
With a month left to prepare for the May 16 primary election, Luzerne County’s Election Bureau started mandatory public testing of voting equipment Monday at the election warehouse in Wilkes-Barre.
Award letters sent to Luzerne County American Rescue funding applicants
April 16, 2023
Award letters were sent last week to 113 outside entities approved by Luzerne County American Rescue Plan funding, officials said.
Luzerne County giving up idea of temporarily reopening Pittston-West Pittston bridge
April 16, 2023
Luzerne County officials are giving up on a push to temporarily reopen the county-owned Firefighters’ Memorial Bridge linking West Pittston and Pittston, officials said.
Luzerne County 911 center shows off $350K upgrades
April 16, 2023
As Luzerne County’s 911 center nears its 25th anniversary, the large emergency dispatch room at the heart of the operation has been remodeled to better accommodate the high-stress work.
4 polling places change in Luzerne County
April 13, 2023
Luzerne County’s Election Bureau has scrambled to find new polling places for four voting precincts in Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton because it only recently was informed the previous locations won’t be available, county Acting Manager Brian Swetz said Thursday.
Duryea residents seek Luzerne County’s aid on Copart site
April 13, 2023
Several Duryea residents asked Luzerne County Council for help addressing an auto auction business expansion that wiped out a wooded area along their properties that had emerged after coal mining ceased there many years ago.
Committee wraps up manager applicant interviews
April 12, 2023
With interviews wrapped up, Luzerne County’s Manager Search Committee is still on track to recommend three finalists for the top manager position to council by the end of the month, committee Chairman Charles Sciandra said Tuesday.