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Sarah Scinto is the local host of Morning Edition on WVIA. She is a Connecticut native and graduate of King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, and has previously covered Northeastern Pennsylvania for The Scranton Times-Tribune, The Citizens’ Voice and Greater Pittston Progress.
You can email Sarah at sarahscinto@wvia.org
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Scranton Fire Chief John Judge is leaving the department to take a new position in the State College area. And, state lawmakers returned to Harrisburg on Monday with a long to-do list and a short session. -
Federal Medicaid changes required by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act go into effect on Jan. 1, 2027. Pennsylvania is preparing recipients for the changes to come while also updating its own reporting system for the joint federal and state health insurance program. -
Officials who oversee Northeast Pennsylvania’s largest airport thought they found a new leader to run it. But they couldn’t finalize a deal to bring in a new executive director, so they have to find someone else. -
County officials hope new programs for formerly jailed people will rise from the dust and debris of the former Susquehanna County Correctional Facility. -
Today, a new partnership hopes to bolster the state’s rural healthcare workforce. And ICE will continue to run the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County. -
In Montrose, the Evans family serves success on the tennis court. Meet them in our latest Beyond the Scoreboard feature. -
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A developer wants to turn the Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus into part of its golf club and create an event and conference center. The buyer may also lease the campus’ academic space to Misericordia University for graduate studies, workforce development and other learning opportunities. -
The organization will study the air quality and health impacts of more than a dozen proposed data center campuses and power plants in Lackawanna County. -
Penn State’s Wilkes-Barre campus may soon have a new owner, and the Pa. Department of Health has confirmed the state's fourth measles-related death.
