A recent study that used data from Geisinger’s MyCode genetic database identified a gene mutation that could lead to new treatments for obesity and cardiometabolic diseases. WVIA Healthcare reporter Lydia McFarlane joins News Voices to talk about the study and how Geisinger contributed to the findings.

We tend to think of fire as destructive and damaging, but on Moosic Mountain, sometimes it can be reviving. That’s what WVIA’s Kat Bolus learned on a recent trip to Eales Preserve in Lackawanna County, and she joins WVIA's Sarah Scinto this week to talk about it.

Since Luzerne County Council passed an anti-discrimination ordinance in June, the local law has been tied up in a petition battle to either repeal it or put it up for a county-wide vote. WVIA's Roger DuPuis sits in as host to discuss the ordinance and petition with WVIA’s Sarah Scinto.

Luzerne County has a new sheriff, and she’s already made history. WVIA’s Sarah Hofius Hall stops by the podcast studio to explain how Genesis Arias became the first woman to hold the job in Luzerne County and the first hispanic woman to do so statewide.

What secrets live beneath Hazleton? That’s a question WVIA producer, director, and editor Tim Novotney has been digging into for more than a year. His documentary “The Secrets Beneath Hazleton” debuts on WVIA-TV next month. He joins WVIA's Sarah Scinto in the podcast studio to discuss the film and the impact it's already had in Hazleton.

It’s summer vacation for students all over the region, but some teachers are trying to make sure kids keep learning. WVIA Education Reporter Sarah Hofius Hall joins News Voices to talk about one way teachers in Bradford County are fighting the summer slide.

Organizations all over Northeast PA focus on making life more accessible for people with disabilities. WVIA’s Lydia McFarlane recently spent some time in the kitchen for an inclusive cooking class with one such organization. She joins WVIA's Sarah Scinto in the podcast studio to tell us about it.

If you’ve been following WVIA News at all for the past few years, you know WVIA's Kat Bolus loves an outdoor story. She joins WVIA's Sarah Scinto in the podcast studio to tell us about a unique whitewater rafting trip with an interesting mission.

School’s out for the summer, and that means WVIA’s annual PA School Report Card is out too. WVIA Education Reporter Sarah Hofius Hall spent weeks compiling the analysis, and she joins WVIA's Sarah Scinto in the podcast studio to discuss what she found.

Our Director of Digital at WVIA, Chris Zellers, joins News Voices this week to talk about some new ways to find WVIA News online.