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Luzerne County grants required authorization for proposed Wilkes-Barre General Hospital buyer
November 25, 2025
Luzerne County Council unanimously granted authorization required for Tenor Health Foundation Inc. to proceed with its proposed purchase of the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Luzerne County officials certify Nov. 4 general election results
November 24, 2025
Luzerne County’s Nov. 4 general election was officially put to rest Monday with the Election Board’s certification of the results.
Prospective Wilkes-Barre General Hospital buyer agrees to pay Luzerne County $850,000 in lieu of taxes annually for four years
November 23, 2025
The nonprofit prospective buyer of Wilkes-Barre General Hospital has agreed to pay Luzerne County $850,000 in lieu of taxes annually from 2026 through 2029, according to Tuesday’s County Council agenda.
Luzerne County’s prison system remains the top departmental expense in the proposed 2026 budget
November 22, 2025
Luzerne County’s prison system remains the top departmental expense in the proposed 2026 budget, as it has been for many years.
VIDEO: Luzerne County breaks tie votes for Nov. 4 general election write-ins
November 21, 2025
At a public session Friday, Luzerne County Election Bureau workers broke write-in ties in approximately 139 Nov. 4 general election races that had no candidates appearing on the ballot. The process involves the use of numbered balls shaken in a container. County Election Director Emily Cook said general election winners, including those in write-in races, will receive election certificates the first or second week of December, stressing certificates won’t be issued to candidates with overdue campaign finance reports and related unpaid fines. From left, are: Election Deputy Director Steve Hahn, Cook, and Election Deputy Chief Clerk Amanda Latoski.
VIDEO: Luzerne County Courthouse tree arrives
November 21, 2025
Luzerne County workers and prison inmates hauled in and set up the holiday tree in the county courthouse rotunda on River Street in Wilkes-Barre on Friday.
Tentative agreement reached to continue law enforcement at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
November 19, 2025
Luzerne and Lackawanna counties have reached a tentative agreement to continue funding law enforcement at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in Avoca, prompting cancellation of a Wednesday night public meeting to discuss the matter, according to county officials.
Solicitation still in works to seek purchase offers for Luzerne County rail line
November 18, 2025
Luzerne County’s Redevelopment Authority is finalizing a contract with Trenton, N.J.-based Strauss & Associates/Planners to help value the county rail line assets and prepare a public request seeking offers to buy or lease the line, Authority Board Chairman Scott Linde said Tuesday.
No Wyoming Valley Levee fee increase proposed for 2026
November 18, 2025
The Wyoming Valley Levee fee won’t increase in 2026 under a proposed $2.4 million operating budget the Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority presented Tuesday.
Several hundred test ballots found in Luzerne County’s unofficial results due to a Dominion Voting Systems error
November 17, 2025
Several hundred test ballots were included in Luzerne County’s unofficial online election results due to a Dominion Voting Systems error, county Election Director Emily Cook said Monday.