Kat Bolus

2 weeks ago | wvia.org | Kat Bolus

Far from Northeast Pennsylvania, missiles on navy ships corrode and rust from the sea’s salt. Tobyhanna Army Depot employees travel to the vessels to do basic repairs. Once the ships dock, the salty missile launchers come off and are taken to the depot in Monroe County. "We give them the full repair and then get them back out to those ships where they're needed. And so a lot of the big work happens here, and it's tedious, right?,” said Danielle Weinschenk, the depot’s Public Affairs Officer.

2 weeks ago | wvia.org | Kat Bolus

In Lackawanna County fish shot out of a yellow hose and into the lake at Merli-Sarnoski Park. The surface of the water moved as hundreds of Brook Trout swam out into the lake in Fell Twp. The fish were trucked up from the Benner Spring State Fish Hatchery in State College ahead of the first day of trout season on Saturday, April 5. "Everywhere that we're stocking trout is open to the public," said Mike Parker, Communications Director for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.

3 weeks ago | wvia.org | Kat Bolus

Al Liberatore sat in the center of a hall at a round table surrounded by friends and fellow seniors. In front of him, a big birthday cake was decorated with candles reading 103. The World War II Navy veteran’s secret to longevity? "If you want to live a long, happy life, smile ... it's God's gift to the world," he said. United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania held the birthday celebration for Liberatore at the Scranton Senior Community Center on Jackson Street in West Scranton.

3 weeks ago | wvia.org | Kat Bolus

After hundreds of odor complaints and issues with wastewater, the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board ruled on Tuesday that the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) needs to revisit its permit for the Keystone Sanitary Landfill.

4 weeks ago | wvia.org | Kat Bolus |Robert Collado

EDITOR'S NOTE: WVIA's Robert Collado translated this story. Cuando la Asociación de Senderos Escénicos de Antracita comenzó a principios de los años 90, la gente dudaba en apoyar la creación de senderos para caminatas y ciclismo. "La apreciación pública y la visión pública de los senderos realmente ha cambiado en estos 20 años, de ser ... no en mi patio trasero a por qué no en mi patio trasero", dijo Richard Cochrane, tesorero de la asociación.