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Maple syrup producers adjust to spring weather

RICE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Maple syrup season is in full swing, and local producers have been waiting on Mother Nature to give them the perfect weather.

Tapping for some sap before the sun comes up is a normal early morning task for Bill Urbanski, Co-owner of Urbanski Farms.

“We generally want to find a tree that’s going to be ten to twelve inches in diameter before we begin to tap it.”

Elevated risk for wildfire spread in NEPA

The local sap house in Rice Township is stoked and steaming, producing sweet maple syrup.

Man faces 12 counts of rape against a child

MONTROSE, SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man has been charged with 12 counts of rape of a child, according to state police.

State police report they have filed the following charges against Ernest Thomas Labarr, 64, of Montrose, following an investigation into child sex abuse allegations;

Man charged with 54 counts of child pornography

12 counts of rape of a child

12 counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 16 years old

12 counts of statutory sexual assault (offender 11 years older than victim)

Elevated risk for wildfire spread in NEPA

(WBRE/WYOU) — Due to dry and windy conditions, there is an elevated risk of wildfire spread in northeastern Pennsylvania.

The following counties have an elevated risk of wildfire spread on March 11:

Bradford

Carbon

Clinton

Columbia

Lackawanna

Lehigh

Luzerne

Lycoming

Monroe

Montour

Northumberland

Pike

Schuylkill

Snyder

Sullivan

Susquehanna

Union

Wayne

Wyoming

EEE virus found in Lackawanna County

US resumes military aid and...

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The Trump administration says it will immediately lift its suspension of military aid to Ukraine and intelligence sharing with Kyiv. The announcement came Tuesday, a week after the measures were imposed to push Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to enter talks to end the war with invading Russian forces. In a joint statement released following a lengthy day of talks between Ukraine and the United States in Saudi Arabia, Ukraine also said it was open to a 30-day ceasefire in the war with Russia, subject to Kremlin agreement. U.S.

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