As Christine Leandri and her students from Wyoming Area’s gifted program stood admiring a very tall, very old, white pine, Christopher Miller asked a question:

Luzerne County’s bipartisan Election Task Force publicly presented its recommendations for Pennsylvania to improve election procedures Thursday night.

Luzerne County’s Election Board unanimously voted Wednesday to approve the May 19 primary election ballot and two polling place changes.

Luzerne County’s Commission on Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement unanimously voted Wednesday to recommend three new opioid litigation settlement fund earmarks totaling $2.65 million to County Council for its consideration.

Trevor Winslow and Jason Wang use different approaches, but the two junior singles players were each able to produce decisive victories Tuesday when host Wyoming Area downed rival Pittston Area 4-1 in a Wyoming Valley Conference boys tennis match.

Trevor Winslow and Jason Wang use different approaches, but the two junior singles players were each able to produce decisive victories Tuesday when host Wyoming Area downed rival Pittston Area 4-1 in a Wyoming Valley Conference boys tennis match.

Emily Krevey scored points in two events for Misericordia University women’s track and field team in the April 1 York Twilight Invitational.

HUGHESTOWN — Just when Pittston Area put itself back into the game Thursday, Tunkhannock took the Patriots out of it that quickly.

DALLAS TWP. — Dallas entered Wednesday the second-highest scoring team in Division 1 of Wyoming Valley Conference baseball.

Pittston Area was the first Wyoming Valley Conference baseball team to reach 4-0 overall this season and the Patriots will be the last.

First-year performers were prominent Friday when Wyoming Area ended a six-game losing streak in its softball rivalry series with Pittston Area.