Kat Bolus | WVIA News
Community ReporterKat Bolus is the community reporter for the newly-formed WVIA News Team. She is a former reporter and columnist at The Times-Tribune, a Scrantonian and cat mom.
You can email Kat at katbolus@wvia.org
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Frozen treats are being scooped, blended and topped to support local emergency services in Lackawanna County. Ice Cream Rescue is a concession stand with a cause. It’s parked outside Jessup Hose Company on Hill Street in the borough everyday until Saturday.
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Pennsylvania American Water (PAW) acknowledged what the company is calling an “unanticipated discharge” of sediment into Roaring Brook in Lackawanna County. That’s in a response letter to a notice of violation of the state’s Clean Streams Act.
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A large bonfire lit up the sky in Lackawanna County on Sunday as the sun went down and the full moon rose. Holi was celebrated at the Dunmore Community Center. The ancient Hindu festival marks the arrival of spring and the triumph of good over evil.
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The region’s past was stored on Penn Avenue in Scranton for over 100 years. The future of that history was uncertain when the Times-Tribune newspaper and its three sister papers sold in September. Now, the Lackawanna Historical Society and Scranton Public Library are the owners of the archives that date back to the late 1800s.
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Maple syrup production is a labor of love for many local maple farmers. WVIA News visited Burke’s Maple Farm ahead of the Northeastern PA Maple Producers Self-Guided Maple Tour this weekend.
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Four miles of records. That’s what Industrial Archives and Library acquired Wednesday. The historic preservation company in Bethlehem is now the owner of a huge chunk of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s anthracite mining history.
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Amazon Web Services' newest data processing center will be in Luzerne County. It will be powered by the neighboring nuclear power plant.
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Pennsylvania American Water violated the state’s Clean Streams Law during dam upgrades in Dunmore. The state’s Department of Environmental Protection officially notified the water company of the violation on Thursday.
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Almost half of the Tioga River is polluted by the mining industry that operated for over a century in Blossburg. A $68 million dollar grant will finally clean up the acidic water. For one local couple, that’s a relief.
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The undulating ground beneath Northeast Pennsylvania tells a story. Underground miners chipped away at anthracite coal while strip miners shredded the earth’s surface to meet the economic demand of an industrializing nation for more than 100 years.