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Retail the right way
June 30, 2020
After a long stay-at-home order and a phased reopening of society, we find our counties in Pennsylvania’s “green phase,” which means businesses are open again and folks are going back to work.
Forget the river: Event series will bring music to the people
June 30, 2020
With a ban on mass gatherings due to the coronavirus, Luzerne County is replacing its concerts along the Susquehanna River with on-the-road performances from a moving flatbed truck.
State extends unemployment compensation benefits for 13 more weeks
June 29, 2020
WILKES-BARRE — Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Jerry Oleksiak announced Monday that people who exhaust their regular unemployment compensation (UC) and federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) may now qualify for 13 additional weeks of payments through the state’s Unemployment Compensation Extended Benefits program.
Back Mountain yoga studio changing hands as owner moves to a new business model
June 29, 2020
DALLAS — Yoga lovers in the Back Mountain have no reason to be sad even though one local studio has closed its doors after four years on state Route 118.
Grotto Pizza closes Harveys Lake, WB Township dining rooms after 3 employees test positive for COVID-19
June 28, 2020
Grotto Pizza has shut down the dining rooms at its restaurants in Harveys Lake and Wilkes-Barre Township after learning that three of its employees tested positive for COVID-19, the chain posted in a Facebook message Sunday afternoon.
Marriage ruling anniversary gives NEPA LGBTQ community a chance to reflect
June 27, 2020
This week marked the fifth anniversary of a landmark moment in LGBTQ history.
Pennsylvania officials eye areas where COVID-19 cases rising
June 27, 2020
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania health officials are looking closely at areas where COVID-19 infection rates and deaths are ticking back up, threatening to turn back progress against the pandemic, the state’s health secretary said Friday.
PennDOT extends expiration dates through July 31
June 27, 2020
WILKES-BARRE — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced Friday that expiration dates for driver licenses, identification cards, and learner’s permits, will be extended for Pennsylvania residents in response to statewide COVID-19 mitigation efforts.
Northeast Sight Services conducting National Sunglasses Day contest
June 27, 2020
Summer is the perfect time for sunglasses, of course.
Report warns of gas drilling’s health, environmental impacts
June 26, 2020
HARRISBURG — State regulators have failed to prevent Pennsylvania’s natural gas drilling industry from sickening people and poisoning air and water, a grand jury concluded in a report issued Thursday after a two-year investigation.