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Luzerne County will again provide mail ballot drop boxes inside two county-owned buildings in Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre for the Nov. 4 general election, a county election board majority decided Wednesday.

Renovation work continues on a portion of the Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority headquarters in Forty Fort that has been leased to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Luzerne County is again seeking applicants for the operational services division head position vacated at the start of this year.

Luzerne County’s nonprofit Rail Corp. has extended an agreement for R.J. Corman Railroad Group to continue serving as county rail line operator through October 2026 amid pending county litigation over the line.

Credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s is keeping Luzerne County government at an A rating with a stable outlook, county Manager Romilda Crocamo informed county council Monday.

Dan Reese has been promoted to oversee Luzerne County’s consolidated GIS/Mapping and Planning and Zoning Department, according to the latest human resources department personnel report for August.

After extensive discussion earlier this year, a Luzerne County Council majority has formally introduced a “responsible contractor ordinance.”