Mark Guydish
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New report gives final pandemic stats for Pa.
COVID-19 may still be with us in mutating forms, but the pandemic is officially over, and a new report took a broad look at the impact throughout Pennsylvania. Much of the data is only at the state level, but there is some information broken down by county, including the overall rate of hospitalizations per 10,000…
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Report: Local ‘potentially preventable hospitalizations’ higher than average
Luzerne County had 3,339 “potentially preventable hospitalizations” in 2022, according to a new report, or 128.3 preventable hospitalizations per 10,000 residents ages 18 and older. That’s higher than the statewide rate of 123.8 per 10,000.
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Johnson College cuts ribbon on new Hazle Twp. campus
HAZLE TWP. — Outside there was a big tent full of local movers and shakers, a broad blue ribbon and some oversized scissors.
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LCCC cuts ribbon on new Schiavo student learning commons at Hazleton center
HAZLETON — Students at the Luzerne County Community College Hazleton Center have a new place to relax, work together or get some tutoring help, thanks to the generosity of the Schiavo family. On Thursday Linda Schiavo, sister of the late Attorney Pasco Schiavo, formally cut the ribbon on the “Pasco L. Schiavo Student Learning Commons”…
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Geisinger doctor: Increase in health calls related to smoke
The thick haze of smoke from Canadian wildfires covering Luzerne County has led to a noticeable increase in calls from patients with breathing concerns, a Geisinger doctor said Wednesday, but it does not appear to have caused more visits to emergency rooms or other acute care facilities.
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A new painting, new insight for Old King Coal
WILKES-BARRE — The painting depicts a coal breaker that stood a short distance from the artwork’s new home, the children and adults almost floating hauntingly in the foreground, some based on photos of real people who worked at the Dorrance Colliery.
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Virtual groundbreaking held for Hazleton cancer center
HAZLETON — Lehigh Valley Health Network held a “virtual groundbreaking” Thursday for a new $20 million, 32,000 square-foot cancer center being built near the network’s Hazleton hospital.
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From facial recognition check-in to public education space: Geisinger expands
PLAINS TWP. — Multiple pieces of heavy equipment thrummed in the background and Life Flight Helicopter roared overhead before it landed on the nearby hospital roof.
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Competition light in Luzerne County school board elections
As is often the case, most of Luzerne County’s 11 school board races have little to no competition in this year’s general election.
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Rice Krispie peanut butter Jack O’Lanterns? Literally, I’m out of my gourd
Make a batch of mini-Jack O’Lanterns with menacing fangs, stunned “O”-shaped mouths and jagged grimaces. Place them on a dark grey tray and present them at your next Halloween gathering and prepare for the shocked responses of creeped-out guests: