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PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center has a new service for veterans to utilize.

On Thursday, the VA's Connected Care Program unveiled its Virtual Health Resource Center.

The center is an in-person service where veterans, staff, family, and caregivers can learn about all of the VA's online programs and apps. The center will also offer tech support.

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VA staff says it's an important new tool for veterans.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A project is underway in Wilkes-Barre that will help some unhoused men have a place to call home.

A place to call home before having this space, Mother Teresa's Haven Men's Shelter would move to a different church every month. Then during the COVID-19 pandemic, Saint Mary's Church housed the shelter for about four years.

Now, the Diocese of Scranton is renovating the space above the St. Vincent de Paul kitchen on East Jackson Street, giving the shelter a permanent home.

LARKSVILLE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Fire officials report a junkyard was on fire at a local scrapyard in Larksville Thursday.

Larksville Fire Department states they responded to a fire at Tabit & Sons Junkyard on Washington Avenue around 3:00 p.m.

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Larksville Fire Chief Petriga says seven to eight vehicles were on fire but luckily no one was injured.

As of 4:30 p.m., the fire was put out and crews were working on getting rid of the steam.

The cause of the fire has not been determined.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — There was a heavy police and first responder presence in Wilkes-Barre Thursday afternoon.

28/22 News crews are on the scene of a police investigation in the 100 block of Wyoming Street in Wilkes-Barre for an incident that occurred around 3:30 p.m.

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Multiple police vehicles, along with several ambulances could be seen on the street around 4:00 p.m.

Information is limited at this time. 28/22 News is there and will update you with the latest as it is released.

(NEXSTAR) — A severe solar storm impacting Earth could bring the northern lights to portions of the U.S. on Thursday.

Earlier this week, a massive solar flare was detected on the Sun, followed by a fast-moving coronal mass ejection (CME) directed toward Earth.

The flare sparked solar radiation storm conditions on Wednesday, posing a risk to satellites, communication signals and GPS systems. NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) also issued a severe geomagnetic storm watch for the CME.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Recovery operations are ramping up Thursday in Florida and the southeastern part of the country in the aftermath of two hurricanes in two weeks.

Lives have been lost and millions of people are still without power.

Clean-up is expected to take months, and for some, even years.

On Thursday, 28/22 News got word of an effort underway at an area university to prepare the future leaders of emergency management agencies to deal with these disasters.

If You Go What: Lewisburg Fall Festival and Woolly Worm Winter Weather Prognostication When: Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Hufnagle Park, South 6th Street, Lewisburg How much: Free admission More information: Call 570-523-1743 or visit Downtown Lewisburg Partnership’s Facebook page.

LANCASTER — A traffic flagger was hit and killed by a vehicle in Lancaster County Thursday morning, dispatchers said.

If You Go What: Fall Festival When: 3:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Boyer Mennonite Church, 1472 W. Ridge Road, Middleburg How much: Free More information: Boyer Mennonite Church’s Facebook page, or call Pastor Matt at 570-540-6067