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  • Zoning approved for Tractor Supply Co. store in Back Mountain

    March 17, 2021

    DALLAS TWP. — An Alabama-based developer has plans to build a Tractor Supply Co. store in the Back Mountain.

  • Lake-Lehman vaccine clinic spots filled in under 30 minutes

    March 16, 2021

    LEHMAN TWP. — Shortly after 10 a.m. Monday Lake-Lehman School District sent out a text message advising district stakeholders the junior/senior high school will host a COVID-19 vaccine clinic March 21 from 9 a.m. to noon. By noon, another message said registrations for the clinic were closed. At the regular monthly School Board meeting that evening, Superintendent Jim McGovern said the slots filled up a lot faster than that.

  • Restaurants, bars to see some pandemic limits lift in April

    March 16, 2021

    HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf will expand more business and event capacity limits and lift a raft of long-standing coronavirus restrictions on bar service starting on Easter Sunday, giving some relief to one of the hardest-hit business sectors, his administration said Monday.

  • Washington’s windfall to blanket NEPA

    March 13, 2021

    Northeastern Pennsylvania will receive an estimated $300 million in federal funds contained in the American Rescue Plan, U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright said as he released more details of the $1.9 trillion relief package signed Thursday by President Joe Biden.

  • Spring ahead: Change your batteries, change your clocks this weekend

    March 13, 2021

    WILKES-BARRE — As daylight savings time arrives, Pennsylvania State Fire Commissioner Bruce Trego is reminding everyone to change the batteries in their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors while changing their clocks for this weekend’s “spring forward” time change.

  • Legislators offer comments on passage of American Rescue Plan

    March 11, 2021

    WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright on Thursday said the American Rescue Plan delivers on the promise made to the American people to get shots in arms, money in pockets, children in schools and people in jobs.

  • Lawmaker calls for halt to PennDOT plan to toll 9 bridges

    March 11, 2021

    HARRISBURG — The chair of Pennsylvania’s Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday said he wants to halt plans to toll nine major bridges on interstates and, at the very least, require those plans to undergo more scrutiny and a vote by lawmakers.

  • Rental assistance now available for eligible Luzerne County renters

    March 10, 2021

    Luzerne County renters struggling financially due to the coronavirus pandemic can now apply for assistance.

  • Dallas School District offering full-day kindergarten

    March 10, 2021

    DALLAS TWP. — After years of periodic debate on the idea, Dallas School District has announced it will provide full-day kindergarten for the 2021-22 school year this fall.

  • Pennsylvania agrees to settle gas drilling royalties lawsuit

    March 9, 2021

    HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania reached a settlement in a lawsuit against natural gas driller Chesapeake Energy Corp. for its handling of royalty payments to property owners, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Monday.