WVIA News

Educational presentations at Penn State Wilkes-Barre this weekend will focus on growing a vegetable garden, making the most out of your garden produce and more.

The Shapiro administration extended the state's home heating program, LIHEAP, through May 8.

Lackawanna County Emergency Management Agency and the city of Scranton have issued a Code Blue Frigid Weather Alert for Tuesday April 7 through Wednesday morning.

The city of Wilkes-Barre announced a $150,000 grant to make improvements on Horton Street, where two sinkholes opened in 2025.

A state appeals court judge ruled Thursday that Luzerne County state House candidate Bill Jones can remain on the May 19 primary election ballot.

Stop by the WVIA Studios at the Journey Bank Community Arts Center from 10 a.m. to noon today, Thursday, March 12, to meet members of the WVIA News Team and other WVIA personalities during Raise the Region 2026.

The next meeting on the YMCA of Wayne County's plans to build a new center in Cherry Ridge Township is rescheduled to Jan. 27 because of the incoming winter storm.

A natural gas leak forced the mall to be evacuated in Lackawanna County Thursday afternoon.

Wilkes-Barre's pothole reporting line is 570-208-4237.

Christmastime is here and so is the 2025 WVIA News and FM staff's holiday mixtape. What songs from movies and TV get us in the spirit of the season? Listen up and read on.