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As part of his reforms, Gov. Josh Shapiro increased funding and created a new state board of education to promote coordination among colleges and universities.

Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are honeycombed with old, unstable mines that can cause the earth to suddenly give way.

On Monday after Donald Trump is sworn in for a second term as president an inaugural parade will march through Washington, D.C. A red restored wagon with big white wheels, pulled by six Belgian horses from Sherwood Groves Farm in Tunkhannock, will represent Northeast Pennsylvania in the parade.

A coalition of about 20 local companies, farms and social services and housing advocates applied for a $23 million dollar federal grant. The funding will build innovative, affordable housing in South Scranton. It’s spearheaded by city-business owner Rashida Lovely. She talked about the project during the Clean Energy REVolution Tour stop in Scranton.

Families from the U.S. and around the world had been waiting years to meet the boy or girl they were set to adopt from China. This week, they learned that China is no longer allowing international adoptions.

New Jersey's governor says a software error led to about 400 noncitizens voting in 2023 and 2024. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to David Becker of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research.

NEPA Philharmonic will hold two free brass quintet concerts in the Back Mountain on Saturday, with a sensory-friendly brass concert at Misericordia University and a Lakeside Brass concert on Harveys Lake.

Appalachia Mid-South Newsroom's Andrew Henderson went to an auction of items belonged by Harland Sanders, known as Colonel Sanders, to understand why people are so fascinated by the founder of KFC.

NPR's Lakshmi Singh reports on how volunteers at a Maryland senior living community are bringing back the art of letter writing with a unique pen pal program. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on July 29, 2026.)

A Pennsylvania budget stalemate and uncertainty with federal funding have caused some school leaders to raise taxes, explore short-term loans and advocate for fair funding.