Shapiro Administration urges drivers to put the phone down The Shapiro Administration is urging motorists to avoid all distractions, put down the phone while driving and be aware of... Local News 02 Apr 2025 | 07:59
Harrisburg. $2.39M in grants awarded for Monroe County projects State Rep. Tarah Probst (D-Monroe and Pike Counties) announced that $2.39 million in state grants were awarded on May 16,... Local News 16 May 2023 | 04:21
Joslynn Yurescko earned second place in the 2023 Pennsylvania Student Radon Poster Contest. She is a ninth grader at Monroe Career and Technical Institute in Monroe County. Home radon testing urged by lung cancer survivor, DEP and Department of Health Leaders from the Pennsylvania Departments of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Health (DOH) were joined recently by a lung... Home 09 Jan 2023 | 08:16
Pike County physician convicted of unlawful distribution of controlled substances resulting in death The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dr. Martin Evers, age 64, of Pike... Home 09 Dec 2022 | 09:38
Monroe Community Action Agency releases strategic plan Monroe County Community Action Agency (CAA), which plans and implements programs to assist low-income people in Monroe and... Home 16 Nov 2022 | 09:02
Study finds Poconos Special Protection Streams deliver $3 billion in economic benefits The first study to quantify the economic impact of the Poconos region’s protected streams finds nearly $3 billion in benefits... Home 16 Aug 2022 | 03:09
Pike County nonprofits receive $430,000 from Nonprofit Recovery Fund MILFORD, PA ― The Pike County Commissioners, along with the Office of Human Services, recently awarded Nonprofit Recovery... Local News 29 Jun 2022 | 04:47
Door to door justice To the editor: While Jehovah’s Witnesses have chosen to temporarily suspend their door-to-door ministry due to the pandemic,... Letters to the Editor 22 Jun 2022 | 08:13
Pike County stormwater management may get $10 million from Congress The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022, which includes provisions... Local News 15 Jun 2022 | 06:00
Jesiah Schrader Vets more willing to accept PTSD treatment, New Pike County director of Veterans Affairs says MILFORD, PA ― Jesiah Schrader became the new Pike County Director of Veterans’ Affairs on May 9, filling a position that... Home 07 Jun 2022 | 10:15
Four hurt in string of shootings in the Poconos (AP) Authorities early on Tuesday lifted a shelter-in-place order hours after a string of shootings left at least four people... Police & Fire 20 Jan 2021 | 01:32
Lab Technologists Holly Meyer (left) and Nancy O’Connell at the COVID-19 drive-through testing site at the Stourbridge Complex, Honesdale before dressing in their PPE (Photo provided) Where you can get tested for COVID-19 locally With rising COVID-19 cases and travel guidelines recommending negative test results for individuals crossing state borders,... Local News 02 Dec 2020 | 02:30
Four-legged litter pluckers at Marshalls Falls (Litter Clean-Up Action Page-LV/NEPA) Pick up the Poconos Day set for Sept. 26 The next Pick Up The Poconos Day is scheduled for Sept. 26. The event has been a growing success in each of its first two... Local News 18 Aug 2020 | 09:03
Rare, deadly virus detected in Monroe County (AP) A rare, potentially deadly virus transmitted by mosquitoes has been confirmed in Monroe County and two other Pennsylvania... Local News 23 Sep 2019 | 01:19
Robert Ruiz, Pike County director of Human Services and Transportation; and Stephanie Everson, case manager ( Photo provided) Emergency shelter and housing assistance program comes to Pike County Family Promise of Monroe County has been providing emergency shelter and housing assistance to homeless and at-risk children... News 09 Aug 2019 | 10:41
