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The Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce honored eight individuals and five community organizations at its EPIC Awards event Tuesday night at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre.

The 43 members who make up Leadership Northeast’s Class of 2022 have split into six teams working on six projects to help community organizations and people in need.

After inspiring people to make positive changes in the region for the last 40 years, Leadership Wilkes-Barre has reinvented itself and changed its name to align with the broad reach

A homeless man was arrested early Sunday after he intentionally started a fire in front of a pharmacy, authorities said. Richard Jeremy Long, 44, was booked by the Grass Valley Police Department for suspected arson after he allegedly set fire to a pile of clothing in front of the business in the 1000 block of Sutton Way, Sgt. Dan Kimbrough said. According to Kimbrough, witnesses at the scene said Long had laid out clothing in front of the shopping center, and then proceeded to douse the clothes...

By Liz Kellar | Staff Writer A Grass Valley man remained in custody Monday without bail after he was found last week in an apartment with controlled substances in close proximity to three small children, authorities said. Hayden Robert Davis, 25, was being held on charges of violating probation, child endangerment, possessing a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, and violating a restraining order, Nevada County Jail records state. Davis is on probation with stay-away terms and police r...

By Liz Kellar | Staff Writer Grass Valley police are investigating the suspicious death of a man found unresponsive behind a local business Saturday morning. Police responded just before 7 a.m. to a report of a man found outside in the 100 block of West McKnight Way, said Sgt. Dan Kimbrough. “He was on the ground and unresponsive,” Kimbrough said. “He had a head wound.” The man, who has been identified as Steven Drews, 62, of Grass Valley, by the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office, was tr...

On two consecutive days during the first week of February, local law enforcement was involved in confrontations with women exhibiting apparent mental health issues, both of whom were armed with knives.