Roger DuPuis

4 days ago | wvia.org | Roger DuPuis

Rite Aid is undergoing its second bankruptcy process since 2023, but this one seems likely to spell the end of the struggling Philadelphia-based pharmacy chain. Some media outlets have reported that this means all stores will close. That is not the whole story, however. The company says its plan means that in the coming weeks and months all Rite Aid distribution centers will close, but its retail stores will either close or be operated by a new owner.

1 week ago | wvia.org | Kat Bolus |Roger DuPuis

NEWS VOICESWelcome to News Voices, a weekly feature where members of the WVIA News team will talk with each other — and sometimes sources — about key things we've learned in recent stories we have been working on. Today Kat Bolus sits down with Roger DuPuis to discuss his recent story about a collaboration between a University of Scranton comms class and the Gino J. Merli Veterans' Center in Scranton. ***KAT: You're listening to Morning Edition here on WVIA Radio.

1 week ago | wvia.org | Roger DuPuis

U.S. Navy veteran John Hollenback is 85. "If I live until December, I'll be 86," he said with a gentle wink. The Carbondale native has packed a full life into those years. He served aboard two Navy cruisers patrolling the Mediterranean Sea during a 1958 crisis in Lebanon. For that service, he received a National Defense Service Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. Of course, there is more to the man who was honorably discharged a few years later and received the Navy Good Conduct Medal.

2 weeks ago | wvia.org | Roger DuPuis |Borys Krawczeniuk |Kat Bolus

NEWS VOICESWelcome to News Voices, a weekly feature where members of the WVIA News team will talk with each other — and sometimes sources — about key things we've learned in recent stories we have been working on. The audio for today's conversation was edited by Kat Bolus. Today Roger DuPuis sits down with Borys Krawczeniuk to discuss his recent story about upcoming celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the Pottsville Maroons' championship season.

2 weeks ago | wvia.org | Roger DuPuis

Williamsport may be a long way from West Coast cities like Everett, Washington, and Alameda, California, but they all have something to teach each other about keeping pedestrians safe. Williamsport Mayor Derek Slaughter will join 11 other mayors from cities around the nation, including Everett and Alameda, on the 2025 cohort of the Mayors Institute on Pedestrian Safety (MIPS).