The Luzerne County Government Study Commission on Thursday will discuss maps of potential voting districts that could be used ...

Wednesday is the application deadline for citizens interested in filling a fifth chairmanship seat on Luzerne County’s Election Board.

WILKES-BARRE — The Luzerne County Government Study Commission ... the commission has received a set of four draft maps that break the county into three, four, five and seven council districts.

Anthracite coal converted this region from agrarian to industrial. The discovery of hard coal — and the discovery by Jesse Fell of how to burn the stuff — spurred booms in the economy and population.

Projects to build Wawas in Dickson City and Carbondale Twp. are navigating the planning process this month, with construction potentially starting this year in at least one location. As the popular ...

The National Weather Service issued an updated snow squall warning at 8:42 a.m. on Tuesday in effect until 9:15 a.m. for ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has recently completed full implementation of a statewide transit ...

Bourque, who is retired from working for the state in information technology and is now president of Historic Altamont Inc., ...

Toyota's most-loved model offers strong economy, useful features, and refined style in a package that threatens the Camry's ...

HOLLENBACK, Pa. — A fire blazed through a barn in Luzerne County. Newswatch 16 was on the scene of a fire that destroyed a barn around 6 p.m. along East County Road in Hollenback Township.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — A judge in Luzerne County must revisit part of convicted killer Todd Tarselli's half-century prison sentence handed down for the slaying the manager of a Hazleton fast food ...

Luzerne County administration on Wednesday announced the formation of a county elections task force, which will seek changes in state election law to improve the process of running elections in ...