Roger DuPuis | WVIA News
Deputy Editor / ReporterDeputy editor/reporter Roger DuPuis joined WVIA News in February 2024. His 25 years of experience in journalism include work as a reporter and editor in Pennsylvania and New York. His beat assignments over those decades have ranged from breaking news, local government and politics, to business, healthcare, and transportation. He has a lifelong interest in urban transit, particularly light rail, and authored a book about Philadelphia's trolley system.
He has won statewide awards for his work at WVIA, including his stories about Pennsylvania’s new distracted driving law and the impact of pharmacy benefit managers on community pharmacies around the state, and was part of the WVIA News team that received a 2025 Keystone Professional Media Award for Excellence in Reporting on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. His contribution to that effort was a story on women in Pennsylvania politics.
You can email Roger at rogerdupuis@wvia.org
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Shawn Adams, 56, was transported to an area hospital for evaluation and treatment, Luzerne County District Attorney Sanguedolce and Wilkes-Barre Police Chief Michael Boyle said in a statement released Tuesday. -
Big Boy 4014's economic impact on NEPA was fueled by 111,000 visitors to the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, where it had a two-week stopover during its cross-country tour. -
A trucker who fatally struck a Pa. state trooper on I-81 had been ordered to leave the U.S. But Michael Bon legally obtained a commercial drivers license in Massachusetts before being told to leave. -
Allan Austin is familiar to audiences as the co-host of the WVIA Pop Shop podcast. He’s also a passionate soccer fan. -
Michael Bon, 33, of Brockton, was arrested following the crash that killed Trooper Michael Pahira in Butler Township as he was inspecting a tractor-trailer on the right shoulder of the interstate at about 7 a.m. -
Independence Day observations around the region will run the gamut from festivals and fireworks to historic open houses and somber remembrances. -
A community group will host a town hall meeting this weekend in Throop to provide updates about ongoing chemical exposure concerns around a former manufacturing plant in Olyphant. -
Bob and Roger are in the WVIA podcast studio talking about research from Bucknell University professor Chris Magee on crowd size and defensive tactics in soccer, and how those factors can determine World Cup game outcomes. -
Lisa Lori was among delegates of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities who attended a special audience with Pope Leo earlier this month while visiting Rome for ACCU’s 2026 Rome Seminar. -
Two Grammy-nominated bands and a Taylor Swift tribute will perform for free at the FIFA Fan Zone on Lackawanna County Courthouse Square. Hanson is set for July 18, Tonic for July 19.
