Towns along the Susquehanna River are filled with people whose grandparents worked in coal mines, garment factories and small manufacturing companies. But those jobs are long gone in Luzerne County, and Wilkes-Barre, the county seat, has seen its population drop by more than half. Dozens of public...
Republican U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent wasn't shy about voicing his concerns about the president-elect during last year's election. As a candidate, Donald Trump's attacks on minorities, the family members of a soldier killed in action, and even fellow Republicans went too far. Dent voted against Trump,...
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If you think Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program is going to be a pot-smoking free-for-all, you'll be disappointed. For one thing, the law prohibits the sale of marijuana in smokeable form. Applicants for a permit to grow or dispense medical marijuana will have to comply with some significant...
EASTON — A CareerLink job training and employment center is slated for downtown Easton in the coming weeks, local officials said. The center will be between the police station and the Easton Main Street Initiative office on South Third Street. The space was once occupied by the bus station before...
TARENTUM (AP) — Wells Fargo Bank has purchased one of the biggest indoor malls in Pennsylvania from itself — for $100. That's how much the bank paid for the 1.1 million-square-foot Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills on Wednesday. The mall in Frazer Township, about 20 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, was...
BETHLEHEM — Saladax Biomedical Inc., which develops specialized diagnostic tests at the Ben Franklin TechVentures incubator, said Wednesday it has signed an agreement to license two tests for Alzheimer's disease to a major health care company. The Bethlehem biomedical company hopes its tests will...
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