WILKES-BARRE — Gov. Tom Wolf last week signed an executive order to make sweeping changes to executive branch agencies and programs to better target the public health crisis of gun violence. The executive order is […]
WILKES-BARRE — Cool, neat, groovy, uptight, alright and outtasight. What’s the matter? Don’t you speak sixties, man? Those words were part of the lingo in the 1960s when hippies walked the planet and music was […]
You know I miss my kids when they’re gone. I don’t even mind doing their laundry or making their food when they swoop in for a pit stop! And then … one came home. He […]
Legionnaires’ disease, a rare but serious condition that might sound familiar to many, but few likely understand, has been making headlines. Cases of Legionnaires’ disease, a severe type of pneumonia caused by exposure to Legionella […]
WILKES-BARRE — I remember the first time I saw my dad’s two Purple Hearts. They were in a box and he said, “Go ahead, open it.” The box was leather. I gently opened it and […]
WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Senators Pat Toomey, R-Lehigh Valley, and Chris Coons, D-Delaware, came out this week in support of bipartisan congressional action to improve gun safety laws. “The only way to make necessary progress on […]
I really love my job. It’s rewarding to help individuals deal with their cardiac health, sometimes with operations, always with advice and lifestyle adjustments to focus on wellness. Given my responsibilities for overseeing cardiac care […]
WILKES-BARRE — Acknowledging long-standing issues with existing state systems, Gov. Tom Wolf by executive order announced that an overhaul of the state services and systems to protect the most vulnerable Pennsylvanians begins this week. “This […]
WILKES-BARRE — With the official announcement that Woodstock 50 has been canceled, my thoughts turned to Andrew “Drew” Yatko, a Hanover Township guy who attended the original Woodstock Festival in August of 1969. Sadly, Drew […]
The widespread, harmful effects of opioid use disorder, and the pitfalls of opioid use in general, have become all too familiar to people all over the United States. Words like “disease” and “epidemic” are used […]
PLYMOUTH — Yes, I am Plymouth proud. Shawnee Against the World and all that. No doubt, I bleed red and black and I still know the words to the Plymouth High School Alma mater: “Plymouth […]
WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser this week introduced legislation that would increase accountability and transparency for the federal budget process by requiring Congress to account for interest costs that are accrued through the servicing […]
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