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  • Senate approves measure to require confirmation of PEMA director

    September 25, 2021

    WILKES-BARRE — Sen. Lisa Baker Wednesday said in order to provide for the success and stability of our state’s emergency response agency, we should have the chance to judge the qualifications, capabilities and priorities of the director, long before that individual assumes office, just as we do for other state departments, many of which have a lesser impact on community safety.

  • Explainer: Who’s eligible for Pfizer booster shots in US?

    September 24, 2021

    Millions of Americans are now eligible to receive a Pfizer booster shot to help increase their protection against the worst effects of the coronavirus.

  • DA race still on under new court ruling

    September 24, 2021

    As it currently stands, Luzerne County’s district attorney race will be on the Nov. 2 ballot for a two-year term, with current DA Sam Sanguedolce as the lone contender.

  • Unpaid Turnpike tolls draw scrutiny

    September 22, 2021

    HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania senators grilled turnpike executives over their efforts to collect unpaid tolls that amounted to $104 million last year during a hearing Wednesday prompted by an Associated Press report last week regarding some 11 million rides that generated no revenue for the debt-hobbled agency.

  • Lawyer offers Lake-Lehman ‘considerations’ on mask mandate legality

    September 22, 2021

    LEHMAN TWP. — While the Lake-Lehman School Board meeting Monday was largely uneventful, the public comment stretch included Superintendent Jim McGovern reading a lengthy statement signed by Jamie Walsh who, while praising the district for its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, had some harsh rebuke for the state Department of Health’s school mask mandate.

  • Report shows rise in Luzerne County coronavirus cases and hospitalizations

    September 18, 2021

    Luzerne County had a marked increase in new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations this week, according to the latest state early warning dashboard updated Friday.

  • Thousands of Pennsylvania students request mask exemptions

    September 18, 2021

    Thousands of students have requested to go mask-free in Pennsylvania schools, claiming a medical exemption amid fierce local opposition to the state’s new face-covering mandate.

  • Luzerne County releases COVID-19 death statistics

    September 16, 2021

    Two people in their 30s and four in their 50s died of COVID-19 in Luzerne County since July 1, according to a coroner’s report released Wednesday.

  • Luzerne County’s new manager search committee holds first meeting

    September 16, 2021

    At its first meeting Wednesday, Luzerne County’s Manager Search Committee set a Feb. 1 target date to seek, screen and recommend qualified manager applicants to county council for its consideration.

  • 63 vendors at Times Leader Career Fair looking to hire NEPA people

    September 15, 2021

    WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Wednesday’s Times Leader Career Fair featured 63 vendors, all seeking to hire new people for jobs of all types.