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SELINSGROVE — WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital introduced a new ultrasound machine for guided injections at its imaging center in Selinsgrove.

LEWISBURG — PennDOT cited changing traffic patterns due to the Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway as a contributing factor for granting a highway occupancy permit for Geisinger’s incoming cancer center along Route 15.

LEWISBURG — It’s OK to not have a plan and to be unsure about your next chapter, Jessica Livingston told the nearly 1,000 Bucknell undergraduate and graduate students sitting on the lawn of the Malesardi Quadrangle on Sunday morning.

(WBRE/WYOU) — Ahead of the upcoming May 20 Primary election, Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt is reminding Pennsylvania voters they can find comprehensive information on voting online.

In a release, officials say that ensuring elections are conducted fairly and freely, and that every eligible voter can make their voice heard, are top priorities of the Shapiro Administration.

Vote.pa.gov gives voters resources to verify their voter registration, find their voting place, and learn how to finish and return their mail-in ballot.

(WBRE/WYOU) — Less than 60% of people with mail-in ballots have returned them already.

The Department of State says there have been nearly 800,000 mail ballot applications so far.

Primary Election Day is this Tuesday

You have until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday to get a mail ballot to your county's Board of Elections.

You should return it in person because officials say it's too late to mail it.

If you did not receive your mail ballot or do not have it anymore, you can vote by provisional ballot at your polling place on Tuesday.

(WBRE/WYOU) — Tuesday is Primary Election Day in Pennsylvania. This month's election is a closed primary, so only Republicans and Democrats can cast votes for their respective parties, although all voters can weigh in on ballot questions.

Popular Pike County hiking attraction closed for construction this summer

This election chooses the candidates who will run in the general election for local government, such as city or borough council, mayor, and school board.

Polls open at 7:00 a.m. Tuesday morning and will close at 8:00 p.m.

DINGMANS FERRY, PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A popular hiking attraction in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area will be closed this summer. Dingmans Falls announced the access roads, visitor center, and trail system will all be closed due to construction.

Contractors will remove and replace a bridge that crosses Dingmans Creek on the access road into the site.

Frost advisory in effect for Tuesday morning

The park's trail crew will also work on much-needed repairs to the staircase that leads to the Dingman's Falls observation area.

DELAWARE WATER GAP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Girl Scouts are known for helping the community and selling cookies, but embracing bats? That is exactly what is behind a local Girl Scout's mission in the Poconos.

Kendra Collins is not supervising a major construction project, but she hopes what she is teaching girls to build brings major benefits.

"It really goes back to loving the unloved, you know, because people don't like bats. They're scary, you know," said Kendra.

PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Luzerne County Head Start Incorporated is celebrating 60 years of results. For decades, Head Start programs have been providing educational and lifestyle services to low-income children and their families.

Giving students a head start once again: On Monday, Luzerne County Head Start awarded $25,500 in scholarships to 16 of its former students from high schools across Northeastern Pennsylvania.

On the list is Mariely Sosa, a senior at Wilkes-Barre Area High School.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Former President Joe Biden is facing a serious health battle. He has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. The news has many men asking questions about screenings, symptoms, and treatment options

28/22 News spoke with a local oncologist to break down what this means and why prostate cancer can be so difficult to navigate.

Former President Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis has sparked questions about prostate cancer and how it affects men, especially as they age.