Kat Bolus | WVIA News
Community ReporterKat Bolus is an Emmy-award-winning journalist who has spent over a decade covering local news in Northeast Pennsylvania. She joined the WVIA News team in 2022. Bolus can be found in Penns Wood’s, near our state's waterways and in communities around the region. Her reporting also focuses on local environmental issues.
Bolus, a Temple University graduate and Scranton native, has had her work recognized by the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Public Media Journalists Association. She began her career in print at The Scranton Times.
Have a story idea? Email Kat at katbolus@wvia.org.
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NEPA Ecotour will be held on June 6 and 7. It’s not an overnight cycling trip but rather the 85 miles from Ararat to Berwick will be split up over two days. -
This weekend’s American Heart Association Heart Walk was led by 3-year-old Tate Engles. His family has purchased Automated External Defibrillator machines for youth sports leagues in Lackawanna County, plus Governor Josh Shapiro sends utility companies a letter. -
Incumbent State Sen. Marty Flynn and his Democratic challenger Jeffrey Lake debated at the University of Scranton. -
Today is 570Day in Northeast Pennsylvania. The celebration of the region honors its most prominent area code, 570. -
Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration and the Pennsylvania Office of Transformation and Opportunity told Project Gravity developers it's no longer part of the PA Permit Fast Track Program. -
Lexie Kelly and Laurie Gumula run the Mah Jongg Social Club in Northeast Pennsylvania. The growing group meets regularly for lessons, competition and socializing. -
Cognetti spoke during the State of the City address at the University of Scranton. -
The utility company held an informal open house Tuesday and sought input from residents about the proposed path of transmission lines. -
Representatives from the university and the city provided hands-on activities during the university's Earth Day Fair: "Students for a Sustainable Living." -
FEMA reinstated buyout funding but Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti and U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan are unclear if the city needs to reapply for previously awarded money.
