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Dickson City hospital partially reopens nine days after fire

Sarah Scinto
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WVIA News

Lehigh Valley Hospital-Dickson City passes Health Department inspection, will reopen tomorrow

Lehigh Valley Hospital-Dickson City passed an inspection by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and will reopen today, just nine days after a fire destroyed its orthopedic institute.

The emergency room will resume operations at 7 a.m. and the operating rooms will follow at 9 a.m.

True crime novelist book signing in NEPA, author hopes novel honors victims of tragic murder in Old Forge

Author Brian Kincaid will hold two book signings and a lecture this weekend on his true crime novel “Murder in Old Forge Pennsylvania: The Tragic Death of the Ziemba Children.”

Kincaid says the book focuses on how the town came together despite the tragedy.

Sarah Scinto is one of the original members of the WVIA News team, joining in January 2022 as a reporter and All Things Considered host. She now hosts Morning Edition on WVIA Radio and WVIA's weekday news podcast Up to Date, along with reporting on the community.