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Geisinger eliminating nearly 100 Geisinger Health Plan positions

Geisinger is eliminating nearly 100 Geisinger Health Plan positions as part of a restructuring that comes as the system’s health insurance operation faces financial headwinds, officials said Tuesday in an internal administrative announcement. “There are no staff reductions elsewhere at Geisinger,” system President and CEO Dr. Terry Gilliland said in the message sent to all Geisinger employees and reviewed by...

Geisinger Community Medical Center on Mulberry St. in Scranton on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRPAHER)

A photo of several cane corso mastiff dogs on a rear deck of 421 Campbell St. in Scranton, as taken from a neighboring home at 2426 Pittson Ave. (COPY OF PHOTO / COURTESY OF DAWN HAFNER)

Judge sends pack of cane corso mastiffs from Scranton home to rescue center

Scranton Mayor Paige Gebhardt Cognetti announces on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at City Hall that a deal has been reached with parking-system bondholders to keep street parking free downtown on Saturdays. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO)

Mayor: Street parking to remain free in downtown Scranton on Saturdays

The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for most of southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey for Monday, July 14, 2025 through Tuesday at 2 a.m. (Courtesy of National Weather Service)

NEPA under flood watch through tonight

Hawley (Courtesy Lackawanna County Central Processing)

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Crime and Public Safety

A Wyoming County Children & Youth caseworker has been charged with child endangerment.

Police: Old Forge man threatened other man with baseball bat

An Old Forge man who threatened another man with a baseball bat is charged with making terroristic threats and criminal mischief, according to a criminal complaint. Darren Damian Brojakowski, 23, 432 S. Main St., repeatedly swung a bat at another...

Local News

East Nash Grass is one of two bluegrass acts scheduled to play in Wilkes-Barre in November. (F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts)

Two bluegrass acts in one concert scheduled for Wilkes-Barre

Bluegrass acts East Nash Grass and AJ Lee & Blue Summit will perform in the Chandelier Concert Hall at the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday, Nov. 15. Sales for Kirby members begin Wednesday at...

High School Sports

Scrantons Brody Coyle gets drug down by Wilkes-Barres Gabe Saracino at Wilkes-Barre Area Friday November 1st 2024 during playoff action.

HS FOOTBALL NOTES: LFC will feature Thursday games this season

For the second straight season, high school football fans will have the opportunity to take in games on Thursday nights as part of the Lackawanna Football Conference schedule. Scranton has a pair of games ahead of the weekend. The Knights...