Wayne County

The United Nations named 2026 the International Year of the Woman Farmer to honor women’s essential roles across global food systems. We celebrate women farmers in Northeast and Central Pennsylvania.

Community leaders across Northeast and Central Pennsylvania have their eyes set on downtown revitalization, transportation and to update aging infrastructure in 2026.

PennDOT has named Jonathan A. Eboli, a Lackawanna County native with extensive transportation engineering experience, to lead the agency's Dunmore-based District 4.

For the month of February, the public is invited to vote for their favorite French onion soup served by participating local restaurants. Twenty restaurants will take part in the first-ever Onion Cup.

The YMCA of Wayne County announced Tuesday its withdrawal from an estimated $20 million project in Cherry Ridge Twp. and will likely reapply with a different version in a few months.

The next meeting on the YMCA of Wayne County's plans to build a new center in Cherry Ridge Township is rescheduled to Jan. 27 because of the incoming winter storm.

The Wayne County Commissioners said Friday they shelved plans to build a $6 million agricultural center next to a proposed YMCA in Cherry Ridge Twp.

Wayne County Commissioners announced they will not apply to the Cherry Ridge Twp. Zoning Hearing Board for a special use exception to build an agricultural center next to a proposed YMCA, citing cost, lack of support from the farming community, and concerns about building on leased land.

The official America250PA County Kick-Off ceremonies will recognize each county's contributions to the nation's history and this year's semiquincentennial celebrations.

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on Monday announced an estimated $82 million investment in new state funding for more than 295 recreation and conservation projects across the state, including about $10 million for Northeast and Northcentral Pennsylvania.