Wilkes University

The president of Commonwealth University is stepping down and we have an update on the arson attack at the Pennsylvania Governor’s residence.Plus, football players at Wilkes University rally their fellow students to join a bone marrow registry.

The Wilkes University football team held a registration drive to add students to the national registry of potential bone marrow donors. Bone marrow matches are rare, but a match can potentially save someone’s life.

Pennsylvania launched its medical marijuana program in April 2016. Gov. Josh Shapiro is again pushing for lawmakers to create an adult cannabis program, but resistance remains.

Members of trans community, allies mark Transgender Day of Visibility at university campus in Wilkes-Barre.

A former West Scranton High School valedictorian is the NCAA runner-up in his weight class. He will soon pursue a Ph.D. in chemistry. Beyond the Scoreboard is a new occasional sports feature highlighting the unique stories of local athletes.

Gathering at Wilkes University commemorates transgender, nonbinary and gender-expansive people who died by violence in the United States in the past year.

We’re less than 50 days out from the 2024 election, and Pennsylvania is truly feeling like a battleground. Northeast Pennsylvania has now hosted both presidential candidates — former president Donald Trump was here in August and just last week, Vice President Kamala Harris came to Wilkes-Barre looking to shore up more support in this swing state.As with Trump, WVIA News had a team on the ground for Harris’ visit. WVIA's Kat Bolus, Borys Krawczeniuk and Sarah Scinto discuss the stop and look forward to election day in NEPA.

'I felt like it was probably one of the most important things that I've written thus far,' Sydney Allabaugh says of reporting on VP's campaign stop for The Beacon.

Nearly 5,000 people turn out to hear Vice President Kamala Harris speak at McHale Athletic Center in downtown Wilkes-Barre.

Vice President Harris says she will 'always put middle-class working people first' as supporters drown out protesters in Wilkes University gymnasium.