100 WVIA Way
Pittston, PA 18640

Phone: 570-826-6144
Fax: 570-655-1180

Copyright © 2025 WVIA, all rights reserved. WVIA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

PSU Wilkes-Barre to close - what does that mean for students?

As the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” makes its way through the senate, health care advocates protest its proposed cuts to Medicaid.

And Penn State University is closing down regional campuses - including the one in Wilkes-Barre. We’ll take a deeper look at what that means for Northeast PA students in this week’s News Voices.

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.