Bill O’Boyle

WILKES-BARRE — The Pennsylvania Departments of Health and Transportation joined health care leaders, organ donation organizations, and families impacted by organ donation this week to celebrate PA Donor Day and encourage more Pennsylvanians to register as organ donors.

WILKES-BARRE — Extreme heat is impacting infrastructure across the country and locally as another heat wave grips the region, said Jana Tidwell, Manager of Public and Government Affairs for AAA Mid-Atlantic.

WILKES-BARRE — The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced the launch of seven new training opportunities to help health care providers reduce overdose risk and improve patient outcomes.

WILKES-BARRE — State Rep. Brenda Pugh, R-Dallas Township, and Rep. Jamie Walsh, R-Ross Township, each voted “no” on House Bill 1330 — the House Democrat proposed budget for the 2025-26 Fiscal Year.

WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Dallas, co-sponsored H. Res. 571 this week. The resolution, introduced by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pittsburgh/Erie, specifically recognizes the tragic events of July 13, 2024, in Butler, where President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt during a campaign rally.

WILKES-BARRE — Gov. Josh Shapiro visited Destiny Dairy Bar in Carlisle this week, alongside Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and the bipartisan chairs of the Pennsylvania General Assembly’s Agriculture Committees — Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, Rep. Dan Moul, Sen. Elder Vogel, and Sen. Judy Schwank.

WILKES-BARRE— The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) this week highlighted the continued success of its Summer Academies for high school students who are blind or visually impaired and students who are deaf or hard of hearing.

WILKES-BARRE— Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Secretary Val Arkoosh and Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding joined leadership from Feeding Pennsylvania and the Central PA Food Bank this week to discuss the importance of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

WILKES-BARRE—Wyoming County residents will have increased access to critical health care services as the Pennsylvania Department of Health opened a State Health Center in Tunkhannock this week.