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Detailed vacancy data for all 122 weather field offices show eight offices are missing more than 35% of their staff.

(WBRE/WYOU)— The discovery of bedbugs has one local school district taking precautions.

The Carbondale Area Superintendent confirms that two bedbugs were recently found in a classroom at the high school.

The principal there says students who were in the affected classroom moved and the room was closed off until a deep clean was done.

The superintendent says this is not considered to be an infestation and they are in compliance with the state health department.

DUNMORE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued an extension on the Keystone Sanitary Landfill's (KSL) operating permit on Friday.

According to the release, the DEP has issued a six month extension to the landfill's existing operating permit for its facility in Dunmore and Throop.

This renews the operating permit until October 6, 2025.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Ford Motor Company announced it is offering customers a limited-time discounted deal. Following the Trump administration's hefty 25% duty on all auto imports.

That deal extends to car lots right here in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Facing new tariffs and potential price hikes, Ford is rolling out an unprecedented offer: the "From America for America" plan, allowing all U.S. Customers to purchase vehicles at employee pricing.

As Newswatch 16's Mackenzie Aucker shows, the Turbotville Borough Community Park has been closed until further notice after being vandalized last month.

EXETER, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— The Luzerne County Historical Society will have a new place to preserve and teach about the area's rich history.

The society purchased Saint Cecilia Church on Wyoming Avenue in Exeter which closed in 2022.

Once renovations are completed, it will serve as a unique resource for the county holding historic county artifacts and museum exhibits.

Dumpsite cleaned up in Luzerne County

Society officials say this is just an expansion of the organization and will still continue to operate at their current Wilkes-Barre locations.

Last year, DCNR announced plans to draw down the lake at Tobyhanna State Park. As Newswatch 16's Emily Kress explains, plans to drain the lake are now put on hold.

Markets are facing their worst crisis since the COVID crash after China matched President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs in an escalating trade war.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— An area along the west bank of the Susquehanna River is now free from a buildup of trash.

Crews from Wilkes-Barre and Edwardsville teamed-up today to clean up the dump site at Nesbit Park.

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Wilkes-Barre Mayor George Brown says the wooded area was home to a homeless encampment that was cleared in late march.

Dump trucks and bulldozers cleared the site piled high with trash.

Unhappy homeowners are already starting to appeal their recently reassessed property values in Jessup.