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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Valley View High School wins its third state softball title. The Lackawanna County high school also won titles in 2000 and 2013. In all three title games, their pitchers threw shutouts. -
Angela Saar, of Olyphant, was sentenced to a year and a day in a federal prison for illegally wiring more than $411,000 to herself between 2018 and 2022 while she manages the finances of the Children's Advocacy Center of Northeastern Pennsylvania. -
Police say Tatiana Peterson pulled her SUV alongside the victim's pickup truck in Coolbaugh Twp. and shot him in the forehead. Despite a large wound, the victim survived. -
U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Luzerne, blamed California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles officials for failing to control “rioters” when interviewed Monday at a Berwick event. -
Officials say new Pennsylvania data centers will power the expansion of Amazon’s cloud computing and artificial-intelligence capabilities worldwide, create 1,250 permanent high-skill jobs. -
Nina Pham, a national women's college wrestling champion, was dismissed after the incident at the Luzerne County preparatory school surfaced. -
Cartwright confirmed he will not run for Congress again at a Thursday morning press conference. His decision sets off a search for a suitable Democrat who can defeat Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan next year. -
With the six-term Democratic congressman out of the race, potential challengers to Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan for the 8th Congressional District seat have begun to emerge. The district includes all of Lackawanna, Wayne and Pike counties, roughly Luzerne County's eastern half and most of Monroe County. -
U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan, a Luzerne County Republican, said he sponsored the bill because he saw the trouble his grandmother had applying for benefits after his grandfather died. -
The school, which straddles the border of Lackawanna and Wyoming counties, is now owned by the 2-year-old Washington Institute for Education and Research in Washington, D.C. An accrediting agency says financially struggling Keystone still has a lot to prove when it comes to long-term viability.
