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In a decision that could impact cities such as Lancaster that use surveillance cameras to fight crime, an official with the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board has ruled that monitoring similar cameras in Reading is police work - and should be done by $48-an-hour police officers, rather than $10-an-hour civilians.

Up to seventy new jobs are coming to Luzerne County. Gateway Energy Services is bringing a customer service call center to Forty Fort.

Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey will receive nearly $3.6 million combined of the $55 million in green jobs grants awarded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Wednesday.

Firefighters from four communities battled for nearly three hours Thursday afternoon to extinguish a fire that smoldered defiantly after crawling into the roof of a home in Industry.

Pennsylvania added 10,100 jobs last month, the largest single-month increase since July 2007, but the state's unemployment rate didn't budge from 8.8 percent.

The world's largest chocolate makers are gearing up for a potential corporate battle to buy Britain's Cadbury, with Hershey and Ferrero saying Wednesday they were considering an offer to rival Kraft's hostile takeover bid.

How important are fiber optic-driven telecommunications to businesses in this day and age? The Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning Commission saw the writing on the wall over five years ago.

Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary George E. Cornelius' announcement Thursday that Reading was accepted into a state program to help distressed municipalities prompted these reactions: Mayor Tom McMahon: "Reading is not a lost cause.

Five Pennsylvania centers that help predominantly older veterans in rural areas apply for disability compensation, pensions and health care will close Jan.

The state is quietly shutting down a program, nearly 3 decades old, that aids veterans statewide, mostly in rural areas.

Once again the state of the economy has forced the Mifflin County Commissioners to make some tough decisions.

Grants for projects related to conservation, recreation, historical preservation, graffiti removal and repair of institutional vandalism will soon be available through the state Department of Labor and Industry, according to Senator John R. Gordner , who chairs the Senate Labor and Industry Committee.

With a jobless rate of 8.8 percent, Pennsylvania may be able to extend unemployment benefits 20 weeks, a state Department of Labor & Industry official said.

Alsace Manor Fire Company Chief Wendy Becker is concerned about fire safety at a local strip mall.

Southwest Pennsylvania's 13 counties recorded a slight increase in technology-related jobs and companies from 2005 to 2007, according to a report issued Wednesday.

With electric rate caps set to expire in Pennsylvania, local businesses have a new way to take charge of what they pay for power.

The Rev. Michael E. Brewster will be honored by the congregation of Mount Zion Baptist Church, 105 Hill St., Wilkes-Barre, on Nov.

Photo by Brent Addleman North Central executive director Eric Bridges, left, briefs the local officials on the status of the PMI - North Central project.

Schuylkill jobless rate rises Schuylkill County's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose one-half of a percentage point in September to 10.8 percent, the state Department of Labor and Industry reported today.

Mayoral candidate Kevin Acklin criticized Luke Ravenstahl on an advertisement about Pittsburgh's unemployment rate.