Mike Carroll

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials on Thursday reopened one major bridge project in Lackawanna County to traffic, and said another could be open tomorrow.

With President Donald Trump's administration slashing federal spending, first-term Republican congressman offers his most full-throated public support of a project that Amtrak officials wholeheartedly back. Amtrak would operate the train.

Region's congressional leadership joins local, state officials to laud cash that will fund work along rail project's right-of-way in Pennsylvania.