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Pittston fights the blight of problem properties

PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Problem properties are in virtually every community in the nation. One Luzerne County community is taking a proactive stance on these properties.

The open field on Prospect Place with the excavator is where a longtime blighted property once stood.

It was torn down last week, and it's not the first blighted property to meet the "wrecking ball," and according to Mayor Mike Lombardo, it won't be the last unless property owners do the right thing.

Man charged after power line fire at pot growing operation

DURYEA, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Drug charges were filed Monday against a Massachusetts man after a burning power line in Duryea led police to a marijuana grow operation back in August of 2024, according to court records.

Police say after investigating arching wires that caused a fire, along with a smell of natural gas, they discovered an alleged marijuana grow operation inside a home in the 200 block of Marcy Street.

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