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Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

Teacher union lawyer switches sides

6 hours ago

PITTSTON – Attorney John Audi spent the last nine years working for teacher unions throughout the area, but on Tuesday he starts a new job that has his current co-workers claiming he is “going over to the dark side.”
Dem poll says Kanjorski leading

6 hours ago

Two days after the Lou Barletta for Congress campaign released results of an internal poll that showed the Hazleton mayor had widened his lead over 12-term Democratic incumbent Paul. E. Kanjorski, the Democratic …
Gas drilling company wants to draw 20 million gallons a day from river

6 hours ago

After it received approval to withdraw about 2 million gallons of water daily from the Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Energy Corp. is trying to increase that allowance roughly tenfold.
Police investigate stabbing in W-B

10 hours ago

Police are investigating an overnight stabbing at Market Street Bridge in Wilkes-Barre.
Feds to buy stake in banks

13 hours ago

WASHINGTON — The government will buy an ownership stake in a broad array of American banks for the first time since the Great Depression, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said late Friday, announcing the historic step …