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The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission wants people to stay off icy rivers, streams and creeks. That’s because water still flows under the ice and can sweep victims away.

Pennsylvania's major rivers are above 80% frozen, according to the National Weather Service, but officials warn that water continues to flow beneath the cold crust. The state's Fish and Boat Commission has a simple message: 'Stay off of that ice.'

Data Centers: Deal or Dilemma is a three-day WVIA News series focused on data center developments in Northeast Pennsylvania and how they could affect area communities. Today's story looks at the potential impacts on water supplies.

State Rep. Robert Leadbeter of Columbia County wants to create Purple Alerts to help find people with cognitive, intellectual and development disabilities when they go missing.

State Sen. Rosemary Brown called the Senate Policy Committee hearing to discuss the industry's interest in Pennsylvania.

The Lackawanna River Basin Authority says mandates are not in place yet but they're preparing to have to monitor the amount of 'forever chemicals' in the wastewater that they treat.

The Electric City Flower Show is Saturday in Scranton and NEPA Pridefest will begin with a parade in Wilkes-Barre Sunday.

Fourth graders from Clarks Summit Elementary School in Lackawanna County released rainbow trout they helped raise in the South Branch of the Tunkhannock Creek.

For the past 10 years, Chris Kane and Ken Lee (Icemen) have tended to the frozen surface of Eston Wilson Lake at Hillside Park in Clarks Summit. They’re volunteers who on any winter day can be found out on the ice or sharpening the hundreds of pairs of donated skates.

January has been cold. And below freezing temperatures brings ice. Ice buildup on a river causes ice jams, which lead to flooding. And so far, despite one of the coldest Januarys in a while, there is no real threat yet for a significant jam in Northeast Pennsylvania, according to the National Weather Service.