NextGen Counseling received its state licensure in October 2025. The organization now welcomes children aged 12-19 for addiction counseling at its location on Dickson City’s Main Street.

U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan brought Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz to tour the recently sold Scranton hospitals and speak with new leadership about their plans.

Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children, or CASA of Wyoming Valley and CASA of Lackawanna County will partner to host free screenings of 'Brave the Dark,' a film about a man’s mentorship of one of his students, in Wilkes-Barre and Tunkhannock on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Pennsylvania State Police, Pike County detectives and the Pike County Area Agency on Aging conducted an investigation of Belle Reve Senior Living Facility in Milford Borough after receiving an anonymous tip alleging medical neglect of residents.

About 85,000 Pennsylvanians dropped their health insurance so far this year after the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies that covered monthly premiums. A bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives in January to extend them by three years, but has since stalled in the Senate.

Officials said Thursday that the Dickson City hospital will reopen Friday morning, just over a week after last week’s fire destroyed its orthopedic institute.

Gov. Josh Shapiro thanked first responders at the Dickson City Fire Department for their work last week during the fire at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Dickson City and highlighted investments proposed in his annual budget to support the state’s fire departments.

State health officials will be working with Lehigh Valley Hospital-Dickson City management on getting the fire-damaged facility ready to reopen but so far no date has been announced for that to happen.

Tenor Health Foundation and Community Health Systems, operating locally as Commonwealth Health, closed a deal for Wilkes-Barre General and Scranton’s Regional and Moses Taylor Hospitals on Sunday, the companies announced Monday morning. A CHS release valued the deal at $33 million cash plus a $15 million promissory note from Tenor, with additional payments possible from patient account collections.

Years of uncertainty about the future of Commonwealth Health-owned Wilkes-Barre General, Moses Taylor Hospital and Regional Hospital of Scranton have taken their toll on anxious employees, but a pending sale to Tenor Health Foundation has staff and community leaders cautiously optimistic about the next steps.