Due to outstanding questions, a Luzerne County Council majority chose not to vote Thursday on a $500,000 American Rescue Plan Act allocation for the county fair’s nonprofit overseer to repair flood damage at its Dallas fairground. Councilwoman LeeAnn McDermott urged her colleagues to remove the matter from the agenda...

Luzerne County’s volunteer five-citizen Election Board started discussing changes Wednesday that could reduce the extensive time commitm

Voters interested in casting a mail ballot in the Nov. 5 presidential election can apply online through a newly redesigned, user-friendly application, the Pennsylvania Department of State announced Tuesday. At the local level, Luzerne County’s election board is scheduled to discuss one aspect of Nov. 5 mail ballots — the...

WILKES-BARRE — Before Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo delivered her remarks at the first gathering of the Greater Wyoming Valley’s Chamber’s “Public Power Policy Hour,” she made one thing very clear. “I love my job,” Crocamo said to a large group gathered at the THINK...

EDWARDSVILLE — With items like pierogi pillows, ornaments and jewelry — not to mention several delicious variations of pierogi — you might say that Lauren Gorney of NEPA’rogi is “all in” at the Edwardsville Pierogi Festival. And you would be correct. Gorney was busy...

Luzerne County’s new Government Study Commission came up with a framework Thursday on how it plans to start assessing the home rule charter and identifying deficiencies. It includes a four-question survey asking numerous county officials about their opinion of the charter as it applies to their operations, any specific conflicts they encounter between the charter and state law, suggested charter changes and how proposed changes could be worded.

A field conference Wednesday at the site of unpopular fencing around a railroad crossing atop the Wyoming Valley Levee in Edwardsville yielded

Compensation has increased for supervisory employees in three Luzerne County human services agencies under agreements county council recently unanimously approved. Represented by Teamsters Local 401, these supervisors work in the Area Agency on Aging; Mental Health and Developmental Services; and Children, Youth and Families. County Manager Romilda Crocamo said Tuesday...

The wait is on for Commonwealth Court rulings in the tight race for the Republican 117th House District contest because all required court briefs have been filed. Incumbent Michael Cabell and challenger Jamie Walsh are currently three votes apart, with Walsh in the lead. The Republican April 23 primary victor is essentially assured the seat because there were no Democratic candidates or write-in nominees to appear on the November general ballot.

Plans are still in the works to transform the former Luzerne County juvenile detention center into offices and residential apartment units, county Councilwoman LeeAnn McDermott said during last week’s meeting of council’s real estate committee, which she chairs. County Controller Walter Griffith recently requested an update on the...

The Wyoming Valley Mall’s real estate tax assessment has plunged from $68.7 million to $13.6 million through negotiations with taxing bodies in a court-level appeal, records show. Attorneys involved in the case say the new assessment reflects a nationwide value drop in many traditional shopping malls. The dramatic reduction...

Final plans for the proposed Duryea levee-raising project hinge on whether Luzerne County Council wants to fix or demolish the county-owned Stephenson Street Bridge, a consultant said during this week’s work session. To increase the height of a levee closure structure on the bridge, the support abutment under the...

In a filing sweep Wednesday, Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas judges outlined their rationale for denying election ballot tallying requests from both Republican 117th House District state representative contenders. The race has no official nominee a month after the April 23 primary. Incumbent Michael Cabell and challenger Jamie Walsh...

Luzerne County’s new seven-citizen Government Study Commission met for the first time Monday at the county courthouse in Wilkes-Barre to elect officers and briefly discuss organizational matters. County Court of Common Pleas Judge Richard M. Hughes III administered the oath of office to members Vito Malacari, Cindy Malkemes, Tim...

The election board is unlike other Luzerne County boards because its volunteer members put in many full days of unpaid work after every electi

The seven citizens voters selected to study Luzerne County’s government structure will take the oath of office and meet for the first time to organize Monday night. According to an online posting, the oath for new Government Study Commission members will take place at 6 p.m. in the rotunda of the county courthouse on River Street in Wilkes-Barre.

Luzerne County’s five-citizen Election Board unanimously certified the April 23 primary election results Thursday, excluding the Republi

A three-judge Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas panel has denied state Rep. Michael Cabell’s request to count one provisional ballot, reject another and tally any write-in votes in his tight race for the Republican nomination, according to a Wednesday ruling. The ruling also affirmed the county Election Board’s...

Luzerne County Council unanimously voted Tuesday to hire Delta Airport Consultants Inc. to handle engineering and planning for a multimillion dollar overhaul at the Wyoming Valley Airport in Forty Fort and Wyoming. Council had earmarked $6 million in federal American Rescue Plan funding for capital improvements at the 110-acre, county-owned...

Luzerne County is proceeding with partial certification of the April 23 primary election results so the approval of other vote tallies is not