Lackawanna County

Archbald Borough Council denied zoning for a hyperscale data center in the Lackawanna County borough. Community members who attended Wednesday’s council meeting erupted into applause and cheers after the rejection.

Archbald Borough Council unanimously rejected a zoning request to construct the 14-building Wildcat Ridge Data Center Campus on 578 acres in the borough. The campus now faces a hurdle in the project.

Beginning Monday drivers in Scranton can expect flashing red traffic lights and stop signs at 13 intersections in the city’s downtown, the first phase in a testing period for potential traffic signal removal.

Today, meet a husband and wife coaching duo on the soccer field in the latest Beyond the Scoreboard. And the Archbald community learned more about a proposed data center campus this week - but many residents remain skeptical.

The Lackawanna County commissioners unveiled a proposed $190 million 2027 budget that keeps property taxes the same, but a key county official warned of the potential for future tax hikes.

Corscale, the company behind data center campus, provided information and experts to answer residents' questions.

University of Scranton campus group Christians for the Common Good held a bus tour around some of the land being prepared for data center construction and met with local residents opposed to the development.

Bob Ide's top 10 for the week, USC at Penn State — he says, "Nittany Nation is up in arms" — and District II tennis.

Scranton, Lackawanna County and state officials cut a ribbon Wednesday to celebrate new sidewalks and sidewalls along Lackawanna Avenue.

Around 200 people responded to WVIA News’ voter issue survey this year. The survey, while not scientific or representative of WVIA’s audience, provided a sample consistent with results of both state and national polls.