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Beyond the Byline: Another Hall of Fame class for sure
WILKES-BARRE — The Luzerne County Arts & Entertainment Hall of Fame released the Class of 2025 — and “class” is the perfect word to describe the nominees.
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CAPITOL ROUNDUP: PennDOT Secretary Carroll talks REAL ID
WILKES-BARRE — At an event at the Lehigh Valley International Airport this week, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Mike Carroll joined the officials from the airport and the American Automobile Association (AAA), to remind Pennsylvanians of federal REAL ID enforcement starting May 7.
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Beyond the Byline: Baseball volunteers are Hall of Famers
PLYMOUTH — On Barnes Street in Plymouth, a real baseball field sits on what once was — a sandlot field of dreams.
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CAPITOL ROUNDUP: Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful invites public to help ‘Pick Up PA’
WILKES-BARRE — As part of the Shapiro Administration’s commitment to maintaining the Commonwealth’s natural resources and enhancing tourism, Pennsylvanians are invited to register for the 2025 Pick Up Pennsylvania litter cleanup initiative.
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Beyond the Byline: What should be done for the homeless? More
WILKES-BARRE — Driving home Friday evening I passed the Keystone Mission facility at Union Street and Penn Avenue.
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PA Outdoor Corps expands, creating more workforce development, job training
WILKES-BARRE — Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn joined Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps adult crews at Camp Hebron in Dauphin County to kick off the upcoming season of work on public lands.
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Beyond the Byline: Thanks for the memories, Dr. Cook
WILKES-BARRE — Walking into the Hoyt Library in Kingston the other day to do a story on the recently dedicated “Larry Cook Historian Center for Presidential Research” — it only took a minute for memories to flood my brain.
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CAPITOL ROUNDUP: PA modernizes procurement process to create opportunity for small businesses
WILKES-BARRE — The Shapiro Administration this week highlighted National Procurement Month by recognizing modernization achievements made by the Department of General Services (DGS), Bureau of Procurement (BOP) and agency procurement professionals in purchasing goods and services to support Pennsylvanians’ needs every day.
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Beyond the Byline: Let’s return to civil political discourse
“It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.”
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CAPITOL ROUNDUP: Gov. Shapiro signs executive order to fill critical public service vacancies
WILKES-BARRE — Gov. Josh Shapiro this week signed Executive Order 2025-01 to help fill critical vacancies in the Commonwealth workforce with experienced former federal employees who have specialized expertise in important fields like civil engineering, nursing, corrections, accounting and more.