A Luzerne County Council majority confirmed Ted Ritsick’s nomination Tuesday as the new Community Planning and Economic Development Division head, but it did not vote on a real estate tax break extension for a Wilkes-Barre Township warehouse project as planned.

Luzerne County’s bipartisan Election Task Force released eight recommendations for Pennsylvania to improve election procedures.

Luzerne County’s administration is recommending a real estate broker to sell an unused county-owned property in Wilkes-Barre, according to Tuesday’s County Council work session agenda.

Luzerne County Council is set to vote Tuesday on a real estate tax break extension, a revised American Rescue consultant contract, and two opioid settlement fund earmarks that had been tabled.

DALLAS TWP. — Crestwood had two paths to qualifying for the Wyoming Valley Conference Tournament on Thursday night.

LEHMAN TWP. — Holy Redeemer and Lake-Lehman have combined to win the last eight Division 2 championships in Wyoming Valley Conference girls basketball.

YATESVILLE — Dallas pretty much relived a victory a month ago against Pittston Area on Tuesday night.

DALLAS TWP. — Hazleton Area took care of one unbeaten team on Monday and then the final undefeated team on Thursday.

WILKES-BARRE — The main stat, obviously, was the final score Monday night — Holy Redeemer 52, Lake-Lehman 40.

DALLAS TWP. — It was about 10 minutes into the game Tuesday night, and the Dallas Mountaineers looked like they were in trouble.

The Wyoming Valley Conference will have another head coaching opening among its 12 football teams.