Luzerne County Council majority tables 2 opioid litigation settlement fund earmarks

A Luzerne County Council majority tabled two opioid litigation settlement fund earmarks Tuesday after some members called for more transparency in the way allocation recommendations are brought to council.

Luzerne County Domestic Relations completes relocation to Kingston

Luzerne County Domestic Relations completed its relocation to a leased building in Kingston, which frees up space for a $1.5 million project to fit all family court judicial operations inside the county-owned Bernard C. Brominski Building on North Street in Wilkes-Barre, officials said Monday.

Two new opioid settlement awards up for Luzerne County Council vote

Luzerne County Council is set to vote Tuesday on two new opioid litigation settlement fund earmarks, the agenda said.

PIAA Boys Basketball: Dallas’ state tournament run ends in 4A second round

BETHLEHEM — By the time Dallas straightened out its offensive woes in the third quarter Tuesday night Carver E&S had done damage.

District 2 Boys Basketball: 2nd-half surge downs Dallas in 4A championship

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Perhaps the worst 10 minutes for Dallas on Saturday was when a little boy was on the court trying to make shots to win a prize.

District 2 Girls Basketball: Holy Redeemer heading back to 3A title game

WILKES-BARRE — Once the initial shock wore off, Holy Redeemer went about Friday night accomplishing what it had done the previous three years. The Royals ended Lake-Lehman’s season.

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Compromise is difficult to find

The prolonged negotiations among four senators that produced this week’s compromise on a modest gun control bill show how hard it is to reach bipartisan agreement on contentious issues in a time of sharply partisan politics.

Our View: We support train station tourism office plan

For more years than we want to remember, it has seemed as if salvation for the historic downtown Wilkes-Barre train station was always just out of reach.

Remember When: Raising a glass to resourcefulness

I can’t find any record of a patron saint of bootleggers. But if there ever had been one, a lot of Wyoming Valley people would have been praying to him during holiday time a century ago.

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