News Voices

This week, WVIA's Sarah Scinto and Sarah Hofius Hall discuss proposed legislation that would allow the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) to establish separate playoff systems and championships for boundary and non-boundary schools.

This week, WVIA politics reporter Borys Krawczeniuk joins host Sarah Scinto for a preview of the upcoming 2026 primary election.

This week, WVIA's Sarah Scinto and healthcare reporter Lydia McFarlane talk about a recent study from the Center for Rural Pennsylvania which found 23 of the state's 67 counties do not have a hospital with a labor and delivery unit.

This week, WVIA's Sarah Scinto and Roger DuPuis discuss the popularity and impact of online gambling and sports betting. The rise of sports betting in the U.S. following a landmark 2018 Supreme Court ruling fueled significant increases in gambling addiction.

This week, WVIA's Sarah Scinto and Borys Krawczeniuk discuss the progress of plans to re-establish passenger rail service between Scranton and New York City.

This week, WVIA's Sarah Scinto and Sarah Hofius Hall discuss the Travel School Nurse Pilot Program, aiming to ease a shortage of school nurses in Lackawanna County schools.

This week, WVIA's Sarah Scinto and Haley O'Brien discuss the subject of the latest Plant People feature - a farm in Carbon County that has become the largest indoor producer of lettuce in the world.

This week, WVIA's Sarah Scinto and Borys Krawczeniuk wrap up the case of a Lackawanna County-based art and memorabilia theft ring now that Nicholas Dombek, the last of the ring's seven members, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

This week, WVIA's Sarah Scinto and Kat Bolus discuss the WVIA News series, Data Centers: Deal or Dilemma? This series focuses on data center developments in Northeast Pennsylvania and how they could affect area communities.

This week, WVIA's Sarah Scinto and Sarah Hofius Hall talk about recent active shooter training at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania's Bloomsburg campus and how colleges around the region are evaluating safety and security after the shooting at Brown University in December.