Lackawanna County’s upcoming launch of a new Department of Health will mean paying 30 to 40 more employees, adding $4 million in new costs and assuming duties state inspectors handle
Emergency responders and residents of towns inundated by floodwaters worked Sunday to assess the damage and start the recovery process after severe thunderstorms unleashed destruction in parts of the Abingtons
Desperate to retain the skeleton crew bailing furiously to keep the Office of Youth and Family Services afloat, Lackawanna County commissioners turned to a tried and true remedy of sea