Erica L. Shames | WVIA News Contributor

The superintendent at SCI Coal Township is working to change the lives of inmates by encouraging a mentality of philanthropy and recovery at the prison.

An opioid treatment center and inmates at SCI Coal Township have joined together to provide free pool passes for children this summer.

Members of 11 nonprofit organizations met with inmates from SCI Coal Township to determine the biggest challenges facing nearby communities and determine how to address them.

An organization known as the CommUnity Zone is bringing together diverse parts of Lewisburg's population.

Susquehanna Valley Mediation is branching out, trying to create more resilient communities, and engage with each other more civilly through intentional skill-building, connection, and communication.

An incubator-oriented business park in Philipsburg, Pa., is home to companies with progressive corporate cultures striving to meet the growing challenges in manufacturing today.

Lewisburg and Shamokin are two of a handful of municipalities across Pennsylvania utilizing the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Local Climate Action Program (LCAP) to embark on a path to curb carbon emissions.

Nearly 30,000 people across America have turned their lawn into a Homegrown National Park.

Biologists, healthcare experts, and economists say the current industrial agriculture model is not healthy or sustainable. But Community Supported Agriculture may offer a remedy.

Forest-bathing encourages us to utilize our senses of touch, taste, smell, sight, and feel to absorb the tangible and imperceptible benefits of being in the natural world. The idea came from Japan, where forest-bathing, or shinrin-yoku, has been practiced since the 1980s as part of a national health program designed to reduce stress in an overworked populace.