Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport

Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti’s State of the City address focused on a positive future for the Electric City, which turned 160 on Thursday.

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport pushed ahead with a terminal expansion Thursday as Lackawanna County Commissioner Chris Chermak hinted he might want to be the next airport executive director.

With the partial federal shutdown delaying paychecks of the agents at its security checkpoints, the local airport tried to help. The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport held a food drive for the TSA agents.

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport organized a drive to collect food, gift cards, pet food, toiletries and household supplies to aid TSA agents working without pay for six weeks.

Irish culture is celebrated on St. Patrick’s Day with several area parades and other events showcasing Irish heritage. WVIA’s Haley O’Brien shares her family recipe for shepherd’s pie in the latest Recipes of the Region feature.

Carl Beardsley Jr. led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport to new heights. He won't be returning to work so the airport will seek a new leader.

Breeze Airways will offer flights to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, starting July 1. That means local travelers seeking sunshine will be able to fly to four Florida cities.

Geisinger Life Flight 3, based at the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton International Airport, or AVP, recently celebrated one year at its new hangar, built from the ground up with COVID-19 grants. And, find out how to shop small in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties for Small Business Saturday.

Geisinger Life Flight 3, based at the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton International Airport, or AVP, recently celebrated one year at its new hangar, built from the ground up with COVID-19 grants. The team works with Geisinger’s other Life Flight bases across the region to transport more than 400 patients each month by ground and through air.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport Executive Director Carl Beardsley Jr., who has led the airport to record departure numbers since taking the job in January 2015, has taken a sabbatical leave, an airport co-solicitor said.