Lackawanna County Commissioners

In a memo, Lackawanna County's solicitor says Commissioner Bill Gaughan's proposed law limiting cooperation with ICE carries potential criminal penalties.

Wilkes-Barre police did not seek an Amber Alert in their search for deaf teen La’Niyah Clark, whose body was found at the end of last month. This has raised questions about other advisories and calls for new options.

The Lackawanna County commissioners are reviewing a legal memo that raises doubts about Commissioner Bill Gaughan's proposed Protect Our Neighbors Act.

Gaughan asked county solicitor Paul James Walker to research whether the county can adopt an air quality ordinance that is more protective than current state and federal minimum standards.

After years of sending juvenile detainees to centers in other counties, Lackawanna County will send them to a Berks County center, which will reopen, perhaps as early as July 2027.

Supporters of a federal crackdown on illegal immigration debated critics of the way the government has carried out the crackdown Wednesday during a Lackawanna County Commissioners meeting. The commissioners are considering passing a policy regulating the way county employees can interact with federal immigration agents.

'Data Centers: Deal or Dilemma' is a three-day WVIA News series focused on data center developments in Northeast Pennsylvania and how they could affect area communities.

The first story in WVIA News's three-part series on data centers looks at the potential impacts on water supplies.

At a Lackawanna County commissioners meeting that lasted almost three hours, residents publicly opposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents' tactics and urged the commissioners to back restrictions on county cooperation with ICE agents.

Lackawanna County Commissioner Bill Gaughan addressed data centers during a commissioners meeting Wednesday; commissioners Chris Chermak and Thom Welby also weighed in.