Borys Krawczeniuk | WVIA News
ReporterBorys joins WVIA News from The Scranton Times-Tribune, where he served as an investigative reporter and covered a wide range of political stories. His work has been recognized with numerous national and state journalism awards from the Inland Press Association, Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors, Society of Professional Journalists and Pennsylvania Newsmedia Association.
He spent his college years training to work in the field of broadcasting, despite having worked in newspapers for most of his professional career. “I've had a great career in newspapers, but more than 40 years later, by joining WVIA, I'm finally back on the right track,” said Borys. “I am extremely excited about the opportunity to help WVIA build a new model of American journalism that will benefit listeners, viewers and online readers in Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania. I am a devoted listener of NPR and viewer of PBS, and a WVIA member for many years.”
Borys will be responsible for covering local, state, and national political news stories, conducting in-depth interviews with political figures and experts, and producing engaging and informative content for WVIA's television, radio, and digital platforms.
You can email Borys at boryskrawczeniuk@wvia.org
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Lehigh Valley Hospital-Dickson City remained closed Thursday. Jefferson Health, which owns the 4-year-old hospital, is assessing the damage. -
A massive fire late Wednesday destroyed Lehigh Valley Hospital-Dickson City's orthopedic wing, forcing staff to quickly evacuate 77 patients. No one was injured. -
At a Lackawanna County commissioners meeting that lasted almost three hours, residents publicly opposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents' tactics and urged the commissioners to back restrictions on county cooperation with ICE agents. -
In his fourth annual budget address, Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed a $1 billion fund to pay for building more housing and other infrastructure, regulating rental housing and $665 million more in funding for public schools. -
A deed filed Monday at the Schuylkill County courthouse shows the Department of Homeland Security bought the former Big Lots warehouse in Tremont Twp. for more than $119.5 million in January. Evidence points to plans to use the 1.3-million-square-foot building to house immigrant detainees. -
Investigators say Debra Fox died on her birthday in January 2024 in a Wilkes-Barre motel room at the hands of Sarai Doyle and Doyle's mother, Desiree Linnette. Both are also charged, along with three others, in the murder and burial of Nicole Cuevas Ingram in a South Wilkes-Barre home in April 2023. -
Residents vowed to fight a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement proposal to open an immigrant detention center in a former Big Lots warehouse in Tremont Twp., Schuylkill County. A Democratic congressional candidate organized the town hall. -
In September, the state Public Utility Commission approved higher rates that raised a typical UGI Utilities residential customer's rates by 6.7%. Now, the utility wants an 8.7% on top of that. -
The state Public Utility Commission's approved rate hikes for Wellsboro Electric, Valley Energy and Citizens' Electric will go into effect on Thursday. -
Con Hazleton oficialmente libre de dificultades financieras durante más de dos años, el alcalde Jeff Cusat destacó una larga lista de proyectos municipales terminados, en curso y futuros, durante su último discurso sobre el estado de la ciudad el jueves.
