Frank Lesnefsky

The state Department of Environmental Protection issued a six-month extension to the Keystone Sanitary Landfill’s expiring operating permit on Friday to give the department time to evaluate K…

Carbondale is cleaning up its downtown this month with help from local students. With Earth Day two weeks away, the city’s Shade Tree Commission plans to clean up a heavily traveled trail off…

Olyphant will use nearly $200,000 in grant funding to expand and upgrade its police station, improving safety for both officers and those in custody. Borough council voted this month to approve the…

A New York City developer applied with Archbald this month to build close to 1 million square feet of data centers in the wooded area between Business Route 6 and Eynon Jermyn Road, nearly abutting…

Nearly 11 years ago, a group of Dunmore natives and residents quickly pored over an unfavorable host agreement between the borough and the Keystone Sanitary Landfill during a council meeting, point…

Regional Hospital of Scranton will remain open amid ongoing negotiations with a potential buyer to acquire the health care facility, according to a state representative who has advocated for the city hospital.

Work to restore Carbondale’s Pioneer City Station continues to chug along. The city’s roughly 30-year-old train station at Trinity Place and Mill Street is in the midst of a $25,000 fac…

Two Dickson City parks will receive more than $400,000 in new improvements this year amid the borough’s ongoing efforts to upgrade its outdoor amenities. Borough council approved nearly $412,…

Archbald will consider applying stricter zoning to data centers next month as developers look to build more than 18 million square feet of the high-tech facilities throughout the town. Borough coun…

The Taylor Police Department extended its coverage to Ransom Twp. at the start of the year, and now more than three months into the agreement, officials from both towns are happy with the results.