West Hazleton News

The final funding is now in place in West Hazleton to revitalize a former school site on Madison Avenue.

Water from the Jeddo Mine Tunnel, one of the largest sources of acid mine drainage in the anthracite region, could one day serve as a regional water reservoir and generate electricity, according to a proposal ...

By Michael P. Buffer Staff Writer Reassessment notices are going in the mail today to Luzerne County taxpayers in Hazleton and nine other municipalities in the southern reassessment zone, said Tim Barr, an ...

By DAVID TAUBE Staff Writer For the first time in months, the American Red Cross Hazleton Chapter met its goal of 20 units for a Friday morning blood drive.

Reassessment mailings for another 21,685 properties to be sent out today. A schedule has been set to mail the final batches of new assessed values before the July 1 deadline.

Board OKs negotiation for contracts for improvements, repairs, security cameras.

By AMANDA CHRISTMAN Staff Writer Despite heated arguments, West Hazleton Borough Council on Tuesday night amended the zoning ordinance to provide a new term and definition that would allow a professional office ...

By BOBBY MASO Staff Writer Although it seems like a negative thing now, the 2008 Luzerne County reassessment will be good in the long run, county Commissioner Maryanne Petrilla told seniors at the Greater ...

Luzerne County Judge Joseph M. Augello, presiding in domestic relations court on Wednesday, June 4, ordered two people lodged for failure to pay child support.

By AMANDA CHRISTMAN Staff Writer Local businesses provide a menu of opinions on the proposed state smoking ban.

Jeffrey Bridges, 12, of Hazleton, represents this region in the National Spelling Bee.

By JILL WHALEN Staff Writer The rising cost of asphalt means that some area municipalities are cutting back on the roadwork they had originally planned for this summer.

JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER/W-CAT TIMELINE July 2001: Pennsylvania Child Care, a group of private developers, sends Luzerne County an unsolicited proposal to build a 48-bed juvenile detention facility in Pittston ...

WEST HAZLETON A New York man who had to be flown to a hospital for injuries in a one-car wreck on Tuesday morning was charged with two traffic violations after state police say he lost control of his gray sedan ...

Area officer nabs 80 in '07 JEN MARCKINI jmarckini@timesleader.com WEST HAZLETON State police Cpl.

SCRANTON Three people face federal charges for involvement in an international marijuana trafficking organization that was responsible for distributing more than 220 pounds of pot in West Hazleton, according to ...

By L.A. TARONE Staff Writer Leaders in the Hispanic community are urging businesses to take down an anonymous flier that urges Hispanics to boycott non-Hispanic businesses between June 1 and July 1. The plain ...

The first three of the following defendants appeared before Tobyhanna Magisterial District Judge Anthony Fluegel and will head to Monroe County Court: Jamar Cordell Martin, 32, of Tobyhanna, charged with theft ...

“The Municipal Cooperation Commission is gathering the information it needs from each municipality”

By JIM DINO Staff Writer The effort to form a regional police department for the Hazleton area is moving forward but without Butler Township, a project leader said. via Standard Speaker

“My feeling is if they have a sewer hook-up and a water connection, they should pay”

By L.A. TARONE Staff Writer West Hazleton Borough Council has a busy evening ahead. via Standard Speaker