Williamsport

Pennsylvania College of Technology canceled its baseball season this week after an investigation. The Williamsport school did not provide information about what prompted the investigation, but stated that it has led to changes to the coaching staff and team roster.

Stop by the WVIA Studios at the Journey Bank Community Arts Center from 10 a.m. to noon today, Thursday, March 12, to meet members of the WVIA News Team and other WVIA personalities during Raise the Region 2026.

Según el Centro para las comunidades de parto de Pensilvania, 23 de los 67 condados de Pensilvania no cuentan con un hospital que ofrezca servicios de parto y alumbramiento y los 23 condados están clasificados por el Centro como comunidades rurales.

A school in Northcentral Pennsylvania will have an expanding role in the future of artificial intelligence. Pennsylvania College of Technology will offer two new minors starting in the fall: Artificial Intelligence in Industry & Society and Artificial Intelligence Foundations & Applications.

According to the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, nearly half of the state’s rural counties do not have hospitals with labor and delivery units. This reflects a nationwide trend of hospitals closing specialized service lines such as obstetrics.

Community leaders across Northeast and Central Pennsylvania have their eyes set on downtown revitalization, transportation and to update aging infrastructure in 2026.

On the frigid first morning of February, Jessup’s forecasting ferret drew a crowd of hundreds for a morning of tomfoolery, marking a new tradition in the Lackawanna County borough. But Jessup Giuseppe and Punxsutawney Phil ended up at odds about the forecast.

Throughout its more than 180 years in business, Otto Bookstore has moved around Williamsport, but it’s never expanded. That’s about to change as the bookstore’s owners announced they are preparing to double the store’s space by expanding into a former bridal shop right next door.

To celebrate our year of reading with Bookmarks, we asked some past participants to recommend their favorite read of 2025. Let the 2026 to-be-read pile begin.

A new Chili's, a cultural exchange with a town in Ireland, and a local filmmaker's cult following are highlighted in this year's top community engagement stories.