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PA's unemployment rate remains 4. 2% in March; again below national average
5+ hour, 10+ min ago (239+ words) WILKES-BARRE " Pennsylvania's unemployment rate was unchanged over the month, at 4. 2% in March. The state rate was one-tenth of a percentage point below the U. S. unemployment rate, which fell one-tenth of a point from February to 4. 3%. The Commonwealth's unemployment rate matched its…...
Rail Riders defeat Buffalo in 10 innings
15+ hour, 50+ min ago (513+ words) MOOSIC " The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Rail Riders defeated the Buffalo Bisons 5-4 on Thursday night at PNC Field. Down two runs in the top of the ninth, Buffalo tied the game, but Scranton/Wilkes-Barre walked it off in the 10th for their second…...
What's Up, NEPA? " Week of Monday, April 27, 2026
14+ hour, 21+ min ago (439+ words) Alzheimer's and Dementia Caregiver Support Group meeting, 1: 30 to 2: 30 p. m. Tuesday, May 5 at Tiffany Court at Kingston, 700 Northampton St. , Kingston. Sponsored by Home Instead & Tiffany Court. Sons of the American Legion, Squadron 644 of Swoyersville, will hold a Mother's Day Breakfast from 8: 30 a. m. to…...
OUT ON A LIMB: More records available in Family Search database
14+ hour, 21+ min ago (443+ words) By Tom Mooney Out on a Limb Family Search recently announced the addition of approximately 1 billion American records of many kinds to its searchable database. They include "public and vital records, military and cemetery records, and immigration and naturalization records,…...
Biodegradable Mardi Gras beads help make Carnival season more sustainable
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (821+ words) By TRAVIS LOLLER and STEPHEN SMITH Associated Press Alexis Strain, graduate student in biological sciences at Louisiana State University, shows the biodegradable Mardi Gras beads they are developing Jan. 27 in Baton Rouge, La. Alexis Strain, a graduate student in biological…...
Knicks crush Hawks in record-setting 140-89 Game 6 rout to end Atlanta's season
16+ hour, 15+ min ago (507+ words) New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson, right, and Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels fight in the first half during Game 6 on Thursday. ATLANTA " OG Anunoby scored 29 points in 27 minutes, Karl-Anthony Towns had his second triple-double of the series and the…...
Dallas native receives award from USTA
19+ hour, 51+ min ago (266+ words) Dallas native Laura Canfield, center, was honored with the prestigious Barbara Williams Service Award at the USTA Annual Meeting & Conference held in Orlando, Fla. On the left is family representative Colleen Williams and on the right is USTA President Brian…...
Luzerne Foundation holds fourth annual Community Champion dinner
16+ hour, 9+ min ago (655+ words) David Pedri, president and CEO of the Luzerne Foundation, holds a $175, 000 check with grant winners from Adopt a Single Mom Project, Collaborative Autism Movement LLC, Wyoming Valley Habitat for Humanity, Muslim Association of Wyoming Valley, and the Valley Youth House…...
Nationals hand Mets 17th loss in 20 games
20+ hour, 8+ min ago (970+ words) New York Mets pitcher Luke Weaver reacts as Washington Nationals" CJ Abrams runs the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the eighth inning Thursday. Washington Nationals" CJ Abrams celebrates with first base coach Corey Ray as he runs…...
LIV has new chairman, seeks new funding
17+ hour, 50+ min ago (1073+ words) By Doug Ferguson AP Golf Writer LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman, left, applauds Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Governor of Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, at the LIV Golf Invitational-Chicago tournament in 2022 in Sugar Hill, Ill. Captain Bryson De Chambeau, of Crushers GC,…...