Paige Cognetti

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.

Scranton Materials LLC requested a data center overlay for its property in Ransom Twp. Supervisors met Thursday for a zoning hearing on the change but had to move the meeting to next week after objections from the crowd over the need for more space.

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Scranton City Council voted Tuesday to approve Geisinger’s zoning changes that will allow for its expansion in the city.

Geisinger Health System officials want to build a new five-story building in Scranton's Hill Section and a parking garage. Scranton City Council will host a public hearing this evening on Geisinger’s request for a zoning amendment related to its plans and also could vote on the move during its regular meeting.

Both Wilkes-Barre and Scranton have found alternative partners for the Code Blue program that was previously organized by Keystone Mission in both cities.

Mehmet Oz, also known by his television persona ‘Dr. Oz,' visited Scranton in his role as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator with U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan to talk about federal efforts to address health care shortages and costs. Sen. Dave McCormick, meanwhile, visited the Wyoming County Healthcare Center in Tunkhannock to tour the facility and meet executive leadership.

The Luzerne County Council is set to vote on a payment in lieu of taxes, or PILOT, Agreement as well as Tenor Health System’s financing plan for Wilkes-Barre General Hospital at this evening’s council meeting.

The Rev. Joseph Murgas developed the wireless tone system in the basement rectory of Sacred Heart Church in Wilkes-Barre. His work will be remembered on Saturday, as the cities’ current mayors share the same messages their predecessors sent via Morse code in 1905.

Democrats won a lot of elections statewide Tuesday and that includes in Northeast and North Central Pennsylvania. Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti won the marquee race of the night, the third time city voters elected her mayor.