There is a reason for this season December 25th is the annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus the Christ. It is Christmas Day (Cristesmaesse, from old... The end of the world The world did not come to an end on Friday, as the Mayans predicted. I never doubted for a moment that it would. I belie... Dealing with Santa question (Editor's Note: Bob Urban, author of the weekly Back Again column, is home baking a Christmas fruit cake. Substituting f... Contact lenses are they right for you? This is the third column in a series about vision correction. There are three basic ways to correct faulty vision: eyegl... Action of an arrogant man In light of the looming crisis this country faces because of an arrogant President who wants nothing more than to set th... What would Jesus say? Six-year-old Olivia Engel was to have been an angel in a live nativity performed at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Chur... Another doomsday has come and gone If you are reading this over a cup of coffee or with a bowl of cereal in front of you, may I be one of the first to wish... We need peace and goodwill, not massacres This Christmas season was marred by the murder of 20 children and 7 adults in a Connecticut school last week. While our ... Fat is where it's at While doing research on nutrition, I stumbled on a list of the six things you should never eat. Naturally, I had to chec... Thoughts By BOB URBAN rurban@tnonline.comMy monthly Social Security check will be arriving next week. I'm going to pay special at... Latest Photo GalleriesPhoto recap: Tamaqua summerfest2026-07-28Photos: Union Pacific Big Boy 2026-07-26Jim Thorpe Community Picnic2026-07-08Jim Thorpe 250 celebration2026-07-03Opinion “The Commies are here!! The Commies are here!!” I took a little hiatus from letter writing. The constant ridicule, mockery and being called a liar without proof got me to do some serious t... ICE deals risk community’s trustLetter to the editor: Get out to votehow our area representatives votedDEP needs to keep its promises in PalmertonOn This Date - News AUGUST 1, 1961 Carbon County farmers during the last year wound up with total cash receipts from the sale of their agricultural products somewhat below tha... JULY 31, 1965ON THIS DATE JULY 30, 1964ON THIS DATE JULY 29, 1966ON THIS DATE JULY 28, 1962AP News Social media companies sued over deaths of four teensRescues continue in flood-hit TexasDNA identifies Revolutionary War soldierFDA links lettuce at Taco Bell to outbreakHow to protect yourself from bad air caused by wildfiresAmerica tried permanent daylight saving time before It lasted less than a year. Could it work now?Trump says Pa. ‘key’ to national defenseHouse passes bill to make daylight saving time permanentWildfires in Canada, Minnesota causing air quality issues « Previous 353 354 355 » Next 2026 Readers' ChoiceS. Hill man charged with child porn imagesHomeless woman charged for disturbance in TamaquaNew Ringgold man, 22, faces child rape chargesArea drive-ins star in coming documentary
The end of the world The world did not come to an end on Friday, as the Mayans predicted. I never doubted for a moment that it would. I belie... Dealing with Santa question (Editor's Note: Bob Urban, author of the weekly Back Again column, is home baking a Christmas fruit cake. Substituting f... Contact lenses are they right for you? This is the third column in a series about vision correction. There are three basic ways to correct faulty vision: eyegl... Action of an arrogant man In light of the looming crisis this country faces because of an arrogant President who wants nothing more than to set th... What would Jesus say? Six-year-old Olivia Engel was to have been an angel in a live nativity performed at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Chur... Another doomsday has come and gone If you are reading this over a cup of coffee or with a bowl of cereal in front of you, may I be one of the first to wish... We need peace and goodwill, not massacres This Christmas season was marred by the murder of 20 children and 7 adults in a Connecticut school last week. While our ... Fat is where it's at While doing research on nutrition, I stumbled on a list of the six things you should never eat. Naturally, I had to chec... Thoughts By BOB URBAN rurban@tnonline.comMy monthly Social Security check will be arriving next week. I'm going to pay special at... Latest Photo GalleriesPhoto recap: Tamaqua summerfest2026-07-28Photos: Union Pacific Big Boy 2026-07-26Jim Thorpe Community Picnic2026-07-08Jim Thorpe 250 celebration2026-07-03Opinion “The Commies are here!! The Commies are here!!” I took a little hiatus from letter writing. The constant ridicule, mockery and being called a liar without proof got me to do some serious t... ICE deals risk community’s trustLetter to the editor: Get out to votehow our area representatives votedDEP needs to keep its promises in PalmertonOn This Date - News AUGUST 1, 1961 Carbon County farmers during the last year wound up with total cash receipts from the sale of their agricultural products somewhat below tha... JULY 31, 1965ON THIS DATE JULY 30, 1964ON THIS DATE JULY 29, 1966ON THIS DATE JULY 28, 1962AP News Social media companies sued over deaths of four teensRescues continue in flood-hit TexasDNA identifies Revolutionary War soldierFDA links lettuce at Taco Bell to outbreakHow to protect yourself from bad air caused by wildfiresAmerica tried permanent daylight saving time before It lasted less than a year. Could it work now?Trump says Pa. ‘key’ to national defenseHouse passes bill to make daylight saving time permanentWildfires in Canada, Minnesota causing air quality issues « Previous 353 354 355 » Next 2026 Readers' ChoiceS. Hill man charged with child porn imagesHomeless woman charged for disturbance in TamaquaNew Ringgold man, 22, faces child rape chargesArea drive-ins star in coming documentary
Dealing with Santa question (Editor's Note: Bob Urban, author of the weekly Back Again column, is home baking a Christmas fruit cake. Substituting f... Contact lenses are they right for you? This is the third column in a series about vision correction. There are three basic ways to correct faulty vision: eyegl... Action of an arrogant man In light of the looming crisis this country faces because of an arrogant President who wants nothing more than to set th... What would Jesus say? Six-year-old Olivia Engel was to have been an angel in a live nativity performed at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Chur... Another doomsday has come and gone If you are reading this over a cup of coffee or with a bowl of cereal in front of you, may I be one of the first to wish... We need peace and goodwill, not massacres This Christmas season was marred by the murder of 20 children and 7 adults in a Connecticut school last week. While our ... Fat is where it's at While doing research on nutrition, I stumbled on a list of the six things you should never eat. Naturally, I had to chec... Thoughts By BOB URBAN rurban@tnonline.comMy monthly Social Security check will be arriving next week. I'm going to pay special at... Latest Photo GalleriesPhoto recap: Tamaqua summerfest2026-07-28Photos: Union Pacific Big Boy 2026-07-26Jim Thorpe Community Picnic2026-07-08Jim Thorpe 250 celebration2026-07-03Opinion “The Commies are here!! The Commies are here!!” I took a little hiatus from letter writing. The constant ridicule, mockery and being called a liar without proof got me to do some serious t... ICE deals risk community’s trustLetter to the editor: Get out to votehow our area representatives votedDEP needs to keep its promises in PalmertonOn This Date - News AUGUST 1, 1961 Carbon County farmers during the last year wound up with total cash receipts from the sale of their agricultural products somewhat below tha... JULY 31, 1965ON THIS DATE JULY 30, 1964ON THIS DATE JULY 29, 1966ON THIS DATE JULY 28, 1962AP News Social media companies sued over deaths of four teensRescues continue in flood-hit TexasDNA identifies Revolutionary War soldierFDA links lettuce at Taco Bell to outbreakHow to protect yourself from bad air caused by wildfiresAmerica tried permanent daylight saving time before It lasted less than a year. Could it work now?Trump says Pa. ‘key’ to national defenseHouse passes bill to make daylight saving time permanentWildfires in Canada, Minnesota causing air quality issues « Previous 353 354 355 » Next 2026 Readers' ChoiceS. Hill man charged with child porn imagesHomeless woman charged for disturbance in TamaquaNew Ringgold man, 22, faces child rape chargesArea drive-ins star in coming documentary
Contact lenses are they right for you? This is the third column in a series about vision correction. There are three basic ways to correct faulty vision: eyegl... Action of an arrogant man In light of the looming crisis this country faces because of an arrogant President who wants nothing more than to set th... What would Jesus say? Six-year-old Olivia Engel was to have been an angel in a live nativity performed at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Chur... Another doomsday has come and gone If you are reading this over a cup of coffee or with a bowl of cereal in front of you, may I be one of the first to wish... We need peace and goodwill, not massacres This Christmas season was marred by the murder of 20 children and 7 adults in a Connecticut school last week. While our ... Fat is where it's at While doing research on nutrition, I stumbled on a list of the six things you should never eat. Naturally, I had to chec... Thoughts By BOB URBAN rurban@tnonline.comMy monthly Social Security check will be arriving next week. I'm going to pay special at... Latest Photo GalleriesPhoto recap: Tamaqua summerfest2026-07-28Photos: Union Pacific Big Boy 2026-07-26Jim Thorpe Community Picnic2026-07-08Jim Thorpe 250 celebration2026-07-03Opinion “The Commies are here!! The Commies are here!!” I took a little hiatus from letter writing. The constant ridicule, mockery and being called a liar without proof got me to do some serious t... ICE deals risk community’s trustLetter to the editor: Get out to votehow our area representatives votedDEP needs to keep its promises in PalmertonOn This Date - News AUGUST 1, 1961 Carbon County farmers during the last year wound up with total cash receipts from the sale of their agricultural products somewhat below tha... JULY 31, 1965ON THIS DATE JULY 30, 1964ON THIS DATE JULY 29, 1966ON THIS DATE JULY 28, 1962AP News Social media companies sued over deaths of four teensRescues continue in flood-hit TexasDNA identifies Revolutionary War soldierFDA links lettuce at Taco Bell to outbreakHow to protect yourself from bad air caused by wildfiresAmerica tried permanent daylight saving time before It lasted less than a year. Could it work now?Trump says Pa. ‘key’ to national defenseHouse passes bill to make daylight saving time permanentWildfires in Canada, Minnesota causing air quality issues « Previous 353 354 355 » Next 2026 Readers' ChoiceS. Hill man charged with child porn imagesHomeless woman charged for disturbance in TamaquaNew Ringgold man, 22, faces child rape chargesArea drive-ins star in coming documentary
Action of an arrogant man In light of the looming crisis this country faces because of an arrogant President who wants nothing more than to set th...
What would Jesus say? Six-year-old Olivia Engel was to have been an angel in a live nativity performed at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Chur... Another doomsday has come and gone If you are reading this over a cup of coffee or with a bowl of cereal in front of you, may I be one of the first to wish... We need peace and goodwill, not massacres This Christmas season was marred by the murder of 20 children and 7 adults in a Connecticut school last week. While our ... Fat is where it's at While doing research on nutrition, I stumbled on a list of the six things you should never eat. Naturally, I had to chec... Thoughts By BOB URBAN rurban@tnonline.comMy monthly Social Security check will be arriving next week. I'm going to pay special at... Latest Photo GalleriesPhoto recap: Tamaqua summerfest2026-07-28Photos: Union Pacific Big Boy 2026-07-26Jim Thorpe Community Picnic2026-07-08Jim Thorpe 250 celebration2026-07-03Opinion “The Commies are here!! The Commies are here!!” I took a little hiatus from letter writing. The constant ridicule, mockery and being called a liar without proof got me to do some serious t... ICE deals risk community’s trustLetter to the editor: Get out to votehow our area representatives votedDEP needs to keep its promises in PalmertonOn This Date - News AUGUST 1, 1961 Carbon County farmers during the last year wound up with total cash receipts from the sale of their agricultural products somewhat below tha... JULY 31, 1965ON THIS DATE JULY 30, 1964ON THIS DATE JULY 29, 1966ON THIS DATE JULY 28, 1962AP News Social media companies sued over deaths of four teensRescues continue in flood-hit TexasDNA identifies Revolutionary War soldierFDA links lettuce at Taco Bell to outbreakHow to protect yourself from bad air caused by wildfiresAmerica tried permanent daylight saving time before It lasted less than a year. Could it work now?Trump says Pa. ‘key’ to national defenseHouse passes bill to make daylight saving time permanentWildfires in Canada, Minnesota causing air quality issues « Previous 353 354 355 » Next
Another doomsday has come and gone If you are reading this over a cup of coffee or with a bowl of cereal in front of you, may I be one of the first to wish... We need peace and goodwill, not massacres This Christmas season was marred by the murder of 20 children and 7 adults in a Connecticut school last week. While our ... Fat is where it's at While doing research on nutrition, I stumbled on a list of the six things you should never eat. Naturally, I had to chec... Thoughts By BOB URBAN rurban@tnonline.comMy monthly Social Security check will be arriving next week. I'm going to pay special at... Latest Photo GalleriesPhoto recap: Tamaqua summerfest2026-07-28Photos: Union Pacific Big Boy 2026-07-26Jim Thorpe Community Picnic2026-07-08Jim Thorpe 250 celebration2026-07-03Opinion “The Commies are here!! The Commies are here!!” I took a little hiatus from letter writing. The constant ridicule, mockery and being called a liar without proof got me to do some serious t... ICE deals risk community’s trustLetter to the editor: Get out to votehow our area representatives votedDEP needs to keep its promises in PalmertonOn This Date - News AUGUST 1, 1961 Carbon County farmers during the last year wound up with total cash receipts from the sale of their agricultural products somewhat below tha... JULY 31, 1965ON THIS DATE JULY 30, 1964ON THIS DATE JULY 29, 1966ON THIS DATE JULY 28, 1962AP News Social media companies sued over deaths of four teensRescues continue in flood-hit TexasDNA identifies Revolutionary War soldierFDA links lettuce at Taco Bell to outbreakHow to protect yourself from bad air caused by wildfiresAmerica tried permanent daylight saving time before It lasted less than a year. Could it work now?Trump says Pa. ‘key’ to national defenseHouse passes bill to make daylight saving time permanentWildfires in Canada, Minnesota causing air quality issues
We need peace and goodwill, not massacres This Christmas season was marred by the murder of 20 children and 7 adults in a Connecticut school last week. While our ... Fat is where it's at While doing research on nutrition, I stumbled on a list of the six things you should never eat. Naturally, I had to chec... Thoughts By BOB URBAN rurban@tnonline.comMy monthly Social Security check will be arriving next week. I'm going to pay special at... Latest Photo GalleriesPhoto recap: Tamaqua summerfest2026-07-28Photos: Union Pacific Big Boy 2026-07-26Jim Thorpe Community Picnic2026-07-08Jim Thorpe 250 celebration2026-07-03Opinion “The Commies are here!! The Commies are here!!” I took a little hiatus from letter writing. The constant ridicule, mockery and being called a liar without proof got me to do some serious t... ICE deals risk community’s trustLetter to the editor: Get out to votehow our area representatives votedDEP needs to keep its promises in PalmertonOn This Date - News AUGUST 1, 1961 Carbon County farmers during the last year wound up with total cash receipts from the sale of their agricultural products somewhat below tha... JULY 31, 1965ON THIS DATE JULY 30, 1964ON THIS DATE JULY 29, 1966ON THIS DATE JULY 28, 1962AP News Social media companies sued over deaths of four teensRescues continue in flood-hit TexasDNA identifies Revolutionary War soldierFDA links lettuce at Taco Bell to outbreakHow to protect yourself from bad air caused by wildfiresAmerica tried permanent daylight saving time before It lasted less than a year. Could it work now?Trump says Pa. ‘key’ to national defenseHouse passes bill to make daylight saving time permanentWildfires in Canada, Minnesota causing air quality issues
Fat is where it's at While doing research on nutrition, I stumbled on a list of the six things you should never eat. Naturally, I had to chec... Thoughts By BOB URBAN rurban@tnonline.comMy monthly Social Security check will be arriving next week. I'm going to pay special at...
Thoughts By BOB URBAN rurban@tnonline.comMy monthly Social Security check will be arriving next week. I'm going to pay special at...
“The Commies are here!! The Commies are here!!” I took a little hiatus from letter writing. The constant ridicule, mockery and being called a liar without proof got me to do some serious t...
AUGUST 1, 1961 Carbon County farmers during the last year wound up with total cash receipts from the sale of their agricultural products somewhat below tha...