The Lands at Hillside Farms

The Peace and Justice Center of Wilkes-Barre announced Thursday that WVIA’s President and CEO Carla McCabe is one of the organization’s 2026 Peace Award recipients, along with The Lands at Hillside Farms and Lillyan Mahmoud.

Gov. Josh Shapiro weighs in on legislation that would ban transgender girls and women from publicly funded sports teams, but does not say if he would veto the bill. And, Food Dignity, a local nonprofit, applied for a USDA grant to support farming infrastructure in the region.

Food Dignity, a local nonprofit, applied for a USDA grant to support farming infrastructure in the region.