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Luzerne County voters choose council candidates

Sunday Dispatch - May 20, 2025

Penn Lake resident Ned McGuire, holding the tablet, joined others in voicing concerns Tuesday about the Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority’s leasing of unused space at its Forty Fort headquarters to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority appeals order to release Homeland Security lease

Luzerne County Study Commission rethinking election board plan

Nanticoke/West Nanticoke Bridge over the Susquehanna River
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Luzerne County Council will interview three prospective Nanticoke/West Nanticoke Bridge engineers

Luzerne County Courthouse

Luzerne County proposes employee discount for community college classes

Luzerne County Republicans and Democrats will pick nominees in Tuesday’s primary

Sunday Dispatch - May 17, 2025 0

The fate of the former landmark Hotel Sterling site in Wilkes-Barre is up in the air because a new hotel project slated for the vacant lot will be located on Public Square instead.
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Owner unsure of plans for former Hotel Sterling site

Sunday Dispatch - May 15, 2025 0

Disabled veteran urges Luzerne County Council to pass property tax exemption

Sunday Dispatch - May 14, 2025 0

Luzerne County study commission tackling election board next

Sunday Dispatch - May 14, 2025 0

Originally built in 1868 for the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad and later leased by the Central Railroad of New Jersey, the Victorian Italianate style train station on Wilkes-Barre Boulevard closed in 1972 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Following restoration it now houses the Luzerne County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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Luzerne County Council discusses potential train station purchase

Sunday Dispatch - May 13, 2025 0

Luzerne County Council to vote on opioid settlement fund earmarks

Sunday Dispatch - May 12, 2025 0

Luzerne County Courthouse
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Luzerne County seeking 911 telecommunicators

Sunday Dispatch - May 11, 2025 0

Luzerne County Council discussing proposals to help homeless families and disabled...

Sunday Dispatch - May 10, 2025 0

Authorization for Luzerne County to purchase the historic former train station in downtown Wilkes-Barre for $615,000 is up for discussion at Tuesday’s county council work session, according to the agenda released Friday.
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Luzerne County purchase of historic train station up for discussion Tuesday

Sunday Dispatch - May 9, 2025 0

Study commission nixes Luzerne County Council solicitor addition

Sunday Dispatch - May 6, 2025 0