Ashley wants 70-acre parcel freed up for those displaced by I-81 project

Ashley Borough Councilman Edward Flynn recently asked Luzerne County officials to unlock a 70-acre parcel tied up in litigation so it could be used to house borough businesses that will be displaced by the Interstate 81 widening and reconfiguration project.

Luzerne County seeking bids for airport hangars

Luzerne County is seeking bids to construct hangars and taxiways at the county-owned Wyoming Valley Airport in Forty Fort and Wyoming, an online posting said.

New construction boosts Luzerne County tax base

New construction boosted Luzerne County’s real estate tax base by $244.4 million over the past year, with the highest growth in the Hazleton area, analysis of the county assessment office’s latest certification report shows.

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.

D2 Girls Basketball: Dallas uses defense to advance to 5A semis

DALLAS TWP. — A two-week layoff before a playoff game certainly isn’t ideal. And while second-seeded Dallas showed some effects on one end of the court Wednesday night, they showed little on the other.

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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