Wayne County

The Pennsylvania Rural Health Model ran from 2019 through 2024 at 18 hospitals across the commonwealth, including Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale.

Gov. Josh Shapiro and state health secretary Dr. Debra Bogen officially launched the Nurse Shortage Assistance Program in Honesdale on Tuesday. It's a $5 million investment made possible by the state budget. The program provides matching state funds to hospitals to attract nursing staff with student loan repayment assistance.

Gov. Josh Shapiro and state health secretary Dr. Debra Bogen discussed a $5 million investment that launched the Nurse Shortage Assistance Program in the 2025/26 state budget during a visit to Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale. The program provides matching state funds to hospitals to attract nursing staff with student loan repayment assistance.

With the fall season underway, the leaves on the more than 130 species of native trees in Pennsylvania will begin to change colors.

Wayne/Pike Northeast Suicide Prevention Initiative (NSPI) will host the annual Wayne/Pike Suicide Prevention Walk. The walk will be held this Saturday, Sept. 26 at Wallenpaupack Area High School in Hawley.

Since 1995, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has provided hundreds of thousands books to children. Local interest in the program has grown since the legendary singer's passing.

Wade Louis Rickard, 36, of Honesdale, is being held in the Wayne County Prison in lieu of $6 million bail, court records show.

Garrity, the Republican candidate for governor, held her campaign's first agricultural listening session in Lackawanna County on Thursday.

The Chamber of the Northern Poconos officially commemorated the 100th Anniversary of Lake Wallenpaupack on Friday.

Supervisors from the Wayne County township met for an emergency meeting Thursday to discuss Linde Corporation's data center campus plans and update protocols.