With the Nov. 3 election less than one month away, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro met Republican challenger Stacy Garrity for an hourlong debate Wednesday night — the only time the candidates are expected to face off in such a forum.

Scranton, Lackawanna County and state officials cut a ribbon Wednesday to celebrate new sidewalks and sidewalls along Lackawanna Avenue.

Today, a battle over the sale of Luzerne County’s railroad tracks is heading to federal court. And we have some mysterious reading recommendations in the latest Bookmarks.

WVIA's Borys Krawczeniuk hosted the October episode of Keystone Edition: Pennsylvania Battleground: Midterm Election 2026.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson visited the region for a third time this year to back U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan's reelection and portrayed Democrats as "crazy."

Menah Pratt takes over as the Wilkes-Barre campus prepares for closure in the spring, and as Penn State hopes to grow both the Hazleton and Scranton campuses.

Around 200 people responded to WVIA News’ voter issue survey this year. The survey, while not scientific or representative of WVIA’s audience, provided a sample consistent with results of both state and national polls.

Representatives from the Afree Foundation broke ceremonial ground on the group's first-of-its-kind affordable housing project in South Scranton.

A federal judge will host a hearing later this month that could eventually decide who gets railroad tracks that Luzerne County wants sold.

Members of the public can join the live audience at WVIA on Thursday, Oct. 8 for a panel discussion and recording of "Conversations for the Common Good: The Pennsylvania Innocence Project."