Luzerne County will have mail ballot drop boxes for Nov. 5 general

Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo informed county council Friday evening she will provide mail ballot drop boxes for the Nov. 5 general election.

Luzerne County printing mail ballots

Luzerne County Election Director Emily Cook said Friday she is “excited to announce” printing of Nov. 5 general election mail ballots is now underway, and voters should expect to receive their ballots by the end of next week.

PA Attorney General says Luzerne County manager does not control drop box decision

Luzerne County may have four mail ballot drop boxes for the Nov. 5 general election.

H.S. Football: Dallas beats Wyoming Valley West for 4th straight win

KINGSTON — It took Dallas until Week 7 to break .500. As far as Mountaineers coach Rich Mannello figures, they are getting hot at just the right time.

Attention job seekers! Times Leader career expo set for Tuesday

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Diane McGee, Times Leader Media Group advertising director, said the Times Leader has always taken the lead for hosting job fairs for Northeastern Pennsylvania. McGee said this week’s expo, at the Mohegan Arena concourse, is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1.

H.S. Football: Lake-Lehman pulls away from Nanticoke Area

NANTICOKE — The start was sluggish for Lake-Lehman, but once the Black Knights got locked in there wasn’t much that Nanticoke Area could do.

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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