WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — From ticket stubs and standing ovations, to ballet performances and rock concerts, the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts has been a cornerstone of entertainment in downtown Wilkes-Barre for nearly 40 years. But the story of the historic theater stretches back much further. Originally opened in 1938 as the [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Northeastern Pennsylvania is becoming a hot spot for data center proposals. Now, a new study will look at the impacts of those projects in one county before they are ever built. In the next three months, a group of scientists will be looking at dozens of data center proposals and [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — One of the Electric City's most recognizable buildings is officially back in business. The Scranton Electric Building has been officially revitalized and reopened. It's now home to Fidelity Bank's downtown headquarters. Leaders marked the move with a ribbon cutting Friday afternoon, calling it an investment in the future of downtown [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania's request for the Center for Disease Control's (CDC) help now appears to have the Governor and United States Health Secretary R.F.K. Jr. in a standoff. Shapiro is now threatening to withdraw his request for assistance if the CDC does not recognize those four measles-associated deaths confirmed here. It comes [...]
NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — On this National Tradesman Day, Luzerne County Community College announced a new trade program that will benefit students pursuing trade careers. The L3C Building and Construction Trade Apprenticeship Readiness Academy is a first of its kind skilled trade workforce education ecosystem. The program is tuition free and includes a 120 [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported Friday there are now 767 confirmed measles cases in the Commonwealth, 36 more than Wednesday's update. Of those 767 cases, 150 are hospitalized and less that 1% are fully vaccinated. In northeastern and central Pennsylvania, there are 64 confirmed cases:
Many municipalities across the Greater Susquehanna Valley are drafting ordinances to regulate data centers.
SUNBURY — Due to a clerical error, Northumberland County must void Friday's vote to hire a new chief clerk.
(WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided Thursday to keep a self-proclaimed Green Party candidate off the ballot in Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District. Following appeals to his nomination paperwork in August and a Commonwealth Court decision to remove Andrew Tupone from the PA-07 ballot, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed the lower court's order. The order [...]
PENN TWP., CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police are investigating the death of an ATV rider who was found dead on State Route 903 after a hit-and-run. On September 17, troopers were called around 11:30 p.m. to SR 903 and Church Road in Penn Forest Township, Carbon County, for a fatal hit-and-run. Police say the [...]
