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Breathe Deep NEPA spaghetti fundraiser set for Sunday
September 22, 2020
PLAINS TWP. — A fundraising dinner for lung cancer research that had to be postponed last spring due to the pandemic has been rescheduled for this Sunday, Sept. 27.
Luzerne County’s new hazard mitigation plan details lurking potential dangers
September 22, 2020
Worrywarts may not enjoy a 353-page document up for Luzerne County Council discussion today: the 2020 hazard mitigation plan.
Two local non-profits up for $25,000 — and you can help them win
September 22, 2020
Two local non-profit organizations have a chance to win $25,000, and they’re asking for your help to make it happen.
Secrecy envelopes will cause electoral chaos, official warns
September 22, 2020
HARRISBURG — Philadelphia’s top elections official is warning of electoral chaos in the presidential battleground state if lawmakers do not remove a provision in Pennsylvania law that, under a days-old court decision, requires counties to throw out mail-in ballots returned without secrecy envelopes.
More Biden, Trump visits this week in fight for Pennsylvania
September 22, 2020
HARRISBURG — President Donald Trump will make his fourth and fifth appearances in September in Pennsylvania, flying into and out of rallies at two different airports this week.
Pennsylvania Bar Association President Schwager reflects on Ginsburg’s career, passing
September 21, 2020
God chose to keep Ruth Bader Ginsburg around until the last possible moment.
PSP’s ‘Operation Nighthawk’ will target DUI drivers
September 19, 2020
WYOMING — Drinking and driving is never a good idea, but especially not this weekend, as a Pennsylvania State Police enforcement initiative will target DUI drivers throughout northeastern and central Pennsylvania.
Luzerne County shows improvement in latest coronavirus dashboard reading
September 19, 2020
Luzerne County had 71 new confirmed coronavirus cases from Sept. 11 to Thursday — a decrease of 16 from the prior week’s 87, according to the state health department’s latest Friday early warning dashboard update.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
September 18, 2020
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87.
Pa. Dems notch key election-related court wins
September 18, 2020
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s highest court gave the Democratic Party a series of victories Thursday in the presidential battleground state, relaxing deadlines in its fledgling mail-in voting law, approving more ballot collection sites and kicking the Green Party’s presidential candidate off the November ballot.