In addition to accomplishments, Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo identified challenges in her annual “state of the county” report set for presentation Tuesday, particularly staff recruitment and retention hurdles in multiple departments.

Luzerne County government added 24 new employees in January, while four prior workers were rehired, according to the latest monthly personnel report.

The demand for language interpreters continues to increase in Luzerne County’s court system — a trend officials have been observing for years, statistics show.

Luzerne County’s employee pension fund grew to nearly $350 million at the end of 2025 — a new record high, fund advisor Richard Hazzouri, of Morgan Stanley, said during Wednesday’s county Retirement Board meeting.

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.

LIME RIDGE — The message at halftime was simple Saturday afternoon — go out and have some fun.

MOSCOW — Dallas had a hill to climb all season.

North Pocono had just nine wins over the last two seasons. The Trojans hadn’t won a District 2 Class 4A football championship since 2016.