Lehigh River

The East Region Junior Little League Softball Championship started Thursday in Nanticoke. The Pennsylvania State Major Baseball Tournament starts Monday in Jenkins Twp.

Amid increased operating costs and declining enrollment, Wyoming Seminary eliminated the jobs of 22 employees while making plans for financial stability moving forward.

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.

RAFT for America's first float of the season began on the Lehigh River. Participants from different backgrounds and ideologies work together while whitewater rafting.

Pennsylvania is investing in outdoor recreation, including trails. In Northeast Pennsylvania many organizations are working separately and together to provide opportunities for local communities and the people who live in them.

Governor Josh Shapiro proposed in his recent budget address adding the Glen Onoko Fall Trails in Carbon County to the Lehigh Gorge State Park. The Pennsylvania Game Commission closed the popular, but dangerous trail near Jim Thorpe in 2019 because of the number of accidents there.