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As temperatures heat up and summer nears, community swimming pools in the Valley are preparing to open for another season.

ARCHBALD, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Dozens of people packed Valley View Highschool auditorium Thursday to fight plans for a proposed natural gas plant. The site is a former junkyard along Eynon Jermyn road in Archbald. The 400-megawatt plant, proposed by Essential Energy LLC, consists of four industrial turbines which would run around the clock. An air [...]

BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — An antique shop has opened its doors, giving shoppers a look back in time. Historic Red Mill Antiques is celebrating its soft opening in Bloomsburg. The owner tells us people were lined up before the doors opened Thursday morning to shop for quality antiques from furniture to toys to other [...]

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A local business is reminding the area about the importance of gun safety in the homes, days after a 10-year-old boy shot himself in the hand. Roll Call has seen a consistent amount of customers coming through there doors, looking to buy a firearm. According to the business, there is [...]

BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — One navy veteran is honoring a fellow vet who away a few ago by giving back to his community. Now, a collection of books is travelling around the country to keep his memory alive. Just inside the Columbia County Traveling Library, a new collection of books has joined the selection [...]

LAFLIN BOROUGH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — One Luzerne County borough is trying to make its community safer by adding more cameras. They're doing it with the help of more than $265,000 in state grant money. Laflin Borough was recently awarded more than $265,580 in state grant money for much needed improvements. About $145,580 will go [...]

JESSUP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Some kids in Lackawanna County got a history lesson Thursday about a centuries-old tradition. Students from La Salle Academy in Jessup got a chance to learn about the Saint Ubaldo race this Saturday. Nearly 300 students took part in a demonstration of the raising of the saints, learning how to [...]

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two people were arrested in connection to a March shooting that left three injured, and a third person was arrested in connection to the case on separate drug charges, officials say. According to the Scranton Police Department, Elijah Barcola of Scranton, 24, was arrested Thursday after being wanted for almost [...]

WEST WYOMING, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Luzerne County Coroner has identified the man that was killed in a Wednesday afternoon house fire. Thomas Chernowsky, 85, was identified by Coroner Dion Fernandes after he was killed in a fire on Cooper Hill Road in West Wyoming. An autopsy is scheduled for Friday morning. Crews were [...]

CATASAUQUA, LEHIGH COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Investigators have charged a father and son for their alleged involvement with an explosive device thrown near a polling location. Authorities have charged father and son, Jack Pletz, 26, and Matthew David Pletz, 56, with an incident on Election Day involving an explosive device thrown from a moving vehicle near [...]