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Many former Back Mountain residents plan their summer vacations home around one event — the Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction.

Thomas Emerson “Si” Evans, 75, of Shavertown, passed away Saturday, June 12, 2021, at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas.

Updated: 4:15 AM EDT May 14, 2021 BACK MOUNTAIN, Pa. — Its a way to go topless this weekend, with your jeep, that is! Go Topless Day is an annual worldwide tradition for the Jeep community to celebrate the start of Spring by taking off their Jeep tops. Blacktop Warriors Jeep Club is hosting a Go Topless Day event this Saturday, May 15, at Frances Slocum State Park in Kingston Township in Luzerne County. The event benefits the cancer resource and wellness center Candys Place. ...

By Jennifer Learn-Andes jandes@timesleader.com A section of staned glass is seen in the Luzerne County Courthouse in this file photo. The Luzerne County Election Board voted Wednesday to place the county district attorney’s race on the November general election ballot instead of waiting until the 2023 primary. Times Leader file photo �� Listen to this The Luzerne County Election Board voted Wednesday to place the county district attorney’s race on the November general election ballot i...

Luzerne County Courthouse �� Listen to this The Luzerne County Election Board voted Wednesday to place the county district attorney’s race on the November general election ballot instead of waiting until the 2023 primary. Three board members voted yes: Richard Nardone, Audrey Serniak and Denise Williams. The two remaining members — Kathryn Roth and Missy Thomas — abstained. Two conflicting legal opinions had been presented to the board. Related Video Thomas said she did not feel sh...

Wyoming Valley Luzerne County Child Advocacy Center is selling bouquets of pinwheels to raise funds and awareness to prevent child abuse in the region during April, which is Child Abuse Prevention Month. Bouquets of 10 pinwheels are $25 and can be purchased by emailing Shannon.peduto@luzernecountycac.org, call 570-208-2895 or purchase via the CAC website. Pinwheel bouquets are available for pickup now through April 30. Area residents are encouraged to purchase pinwheel bouquets and plant a pinw...

After raising nearly $9,000 through a GoFundMe campaign, Clay and Charity Cadwalader accomplished the first step of their dream to open a new craft brewery in the Back Mountain. The Sweet Valley couple plans to open Back Mountain Brewing Company below Instanbul Grill in the Twin Stacks Center in Dallas later this year. They signed a lease for the space Wednesday and closed on a business loan Thursday after raising the funding they needed. Clay Cadwalader, 40, a Harveys Lake native, graduate of ...

Nancy McDonald died Feb. 19 at age 86. McDonald was the longtime commissioner of Boy Scouts Troop 281 and Cub Scouts Pack 281 in Dallas, serving as the top liaison between the groups and the organization’s Northeastern Pennsylvania Council. “She was a big deal in local Scouting,” said Forty Fort-based attorney Ron Santora, a former pack leader and scoutmaster in Dallas. “Mrs. McDonald left her mark on countless lives.” Santora’s two sons earned Eagle Scout honors a...

Fire crews say the flames spread quickly from one home to another and another and another. A total of four were affected here on the 100 block of Eley Street in Kingston. Two gutted were by fire, another was damaged by flames, and siding on a third melted. “Fire was extending on both sides due to the amount of fire that was showing from the 107/109 side,” said Kingston Forty Fort Fire Chief Frank Guido. Fire crews call it a tragedy. The coroner’s office was called, first finding the body...