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West Nile virus cases are on the rise in Pennsylvania and there’s a lot of controversy over the potential sale over Wilkes-Barre General and two Scranton hospitals.

WVIA Deputy Editor Roger DuPuis and WVIA Managing Editor Faith Golay sit down with columnist Chris Kelly from The Times-Tribune to discuss his latest piece on public media funding, the importance of local journalism and Big Bird.

After campaigning to ban Congress from trading stocks, Bresnahan portrays blind trusts as a good alternative, but says House rules on the trusts are 'prehistoric.'

The WVIA News team won several awards in the annual Keystone Professional Media Awards organized by the Pennsylvania Newsmedia Association. Reporters Sarah Hofius Hall and Roger DuPuis were among those recognized for individual efforts.

Black Scranton Project will partner with We Respect and Care (WRC), an organization that supports survivors of sexual abuse, to offer a free community health fair.

Amazon Web Services' newest data processing center will be in Luzerne County. It will be powered by the neighboring nuclear power plant.

Keystone sought approval for a “membership interest transfer agreement” with the Washington Institute for Education and Research.

Scranton Police Detective Kyle Gilmartin talks about his recovery, gratitude ahead of State of the Union address in Washington, D.C..

The undulating ground beneath Northeast Pennsylvania tells a story. Underground miners chipped away at anthracite coal while strip miners shredded the earth’s surface to meet the economic demand of an industrializing nation for more than 100 years.

For over a century, the Lackawanna River was polluted by the mining industry, sewers and garbage. In the late 80s, an association formed to change that. From 1991 until this past December, Dunmore native Bernie McGurl was at the helm as executive director. He’s now moved into a part-time role at the Lackawanna River Conservation Association, passing on a legacy of clean water and land conservation in the region. WVIA News takes a look back at Bernie’s more than three decades of involvement with the LRCA and how attitudes have changed.