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In this episode, Kat Bolus brings us reporting about Earth Day and the Mah Jongg Social Club of NEPA. Don Jacobs fills us in on turkey season and a Susquehanna County native who won a national title for his turkey calling skills.
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Pennsylvania’s decades-old ban on using Medicaid to cover an abortion is on the edge of unraveling. A statewide court ruled Monday that the ban is unconstitutional.
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The Diocese of Scranton welcomed more than 300 new Catholics this Easter into the church. Catholic churches all over the country are seeing more and more adults join the church. This week, WVIA’s Roger DuPuis joins host Sarah Scinto to talk about this trend.
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Pennsylvania received $193 million this year from the Rural Health Transformation Program, which will inject $50 billion over five years to the states. But the state’s rural health leaders worry that the money won’t be enough to fill the financial gaps rural health systems already face and the ones to come with Medicaid changes slated to start in 2027.
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Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti and Arizona U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly criticized U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan for trading stocks while a congressman during a town hall Saturday in Nanticoke.
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While many would say poetry is best enjoyed read aloud, there are plenty of published collections to enjoy when a reading is not so easily found. For this National Poetry Month, we gathered some of your favorite poets and their collections to recommend.
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The interim president of Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania started his role as president on Friday, after approval from the Board of Governors of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education.
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The Waverly Twp. supervisors approved zoning amendments that likely allow the Chabad of the Abingtons to move forward with plans for 12 cabins
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Jonathan Gerlach appeared in court to waive his preliminary hearing for previous charges over alleged body thefts from a cemetery in the Philadelphia area. He faces new charges in Luzerne and Lancaster counties.
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The tulips are beginning to bloom at Lakeland Orchard & Cidery. This week's warm temperatures caused the flowers to sprout quickly.
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Starting this fall, students at a Catholic secondary school in Lycoming County won’t be in class on Fridays. The school’s future four-day schedule — growing in popularity nationwide — is believed to be the first in Northeast or Northcentral Pennsylvania.
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Roger and Bob are talking women’s college flag football in the WVIA Podcast Studio. Bob spoke with captain Sierra Wishnefsky from Penn State Schuylkill about how the team is playing and why she is passionate about the sport.