Be prepared for snowmageddon If the ominous forecast rings true, your new best friend will be the neighborhood plow guy. Seriously, 12 to 17 inches o... It’s no secret: We need to keep the sun shining It’s a regular Tuesday night in any of the area’s boroughs, townships or school districts. At their monthly meeting, of... Warm beds, warm hearts aid homeless Some stories don’t make headlines, but they stay with you. Like the folks I saw a few decades back, crawling over a guar... New law pumps brakes on ARD for repeat DUIs It’s 2 a.m. and there’s a knock at the door. Your stomach drops. You know before you open it that the news on the other... Opinion: Flying cars? Maybe someday My father used to tell stories about growing up in the 1930s. His family had the only radio on the block and the front ... Opinion: Leaner Carbon budget honors real workers Carbon County’s new budget isn’t flashy, but its priorities are pretty straightforward. Its goals: Pay the folks who are... New Cadillac fits bill for Franklin Budget As they closed out their 2025 spending plan and began to map out a new path for the coming year, supervisors in Franklin... Opinion: Old year’s trails fuel resolve for 2026 Looking back at 2025 across the region, one can’t help but notice a pattern. Many times, residents were pushed — someti... Capitol COLAs leave seniors with tab Many of us over a certain age will be seeing a little more in our Social Security checks beginning in January after the ... Rural or urban, homelessness still a struggle It’s that time of year again. Temperatures are falling and the leaves are gone. As winter approaches, though, the issu... Latest Photo GalleriesJan. 25 snowstorm2026-01-26Jan. 17-18 snowstorms2026-01-21Tamaqua-Schuylkill Haven girls basketball2026-01-13Palmerton-Salisbury boys basketball2026-01-13Opinion Letter to the editor: Why Pennsylvania Must Ban Live Pigeon Shoots Bucks County is home to a cruel and primitive practice that most Pennsylvanians believe belongs in the past: live pigeon shoots. At the Phil... Be prepared for snowmageddonLetter to the editor: Consequences Of Manhattan VoteOpinion: Dialogue, not discord fuels local progressLetter to the editor: Does Bresnahan represent the people?On This Date - News JANUARY 26, 2008 The Mary Packer Cummings Memorial School in Packerton is nearing completion of a renovation and will soon reopen as a third location for the... JANUARY 24, 2006JANUARY 23, 2009JANUARY 22, 2003JANUARY 21, 2002AP News Grand jury indicts man in killing of ex-wife, her husbandMarkets trade near record levels to close out Wall Street’s weekKirk murder defendant seeking new prosecutorsProsecutor in Minnesota seeks shooting evidenceMan jailed in Pa. grave robbery caseMeta lines up nuclear power for AI data centersEarthquake hits MexicoSparkling candles likely ignited fatal Swiss fireAuthorities think mountain lion killed solo hiker 1 2 3 » Next Police identify man who threw hot tea at McDonald’s workerLansford woman charged in drive-by shootingSlatington brothers honored for 50 years of firefightingTamaqua SD appoints new assistant superintendentA career rerouted, a dream intact for NW grad Holmes
It’s no secret: We need to keep the sun shining It’s a regular Tuesday night in any of the area’s boroughs, townships or school districts. At their monthly meeting, of... Warm beds, warm hearts aid homeless Some stories don’t make headlines, but they stay with you. Like the folks I saw a few decades back, crawling over a guar... New law pumps brakes on ARD for repeat DUIs It’s 2 a.m. and there’s a knock at the door. Your stomach drops. You know before you open it that the news on the other... Opinion: Flying cars? Maybe someday My father used to tell stories about growing up in the 1930s. His family had the only radio on the block and the front ... Opinion: Leaner Carbon budget honors real workers Carbon County’s new budget isn’t flashy, but its priorities are pretty straightforward. Its goals: Pay the folks who are... New Cadillac fits bill for Franklin Budget As they closed out their 2025 spending plan and began to map out a new path for the coming year, supervisors in Franklin... Opinion: Old year’s trails fuel resolve for 2026 Looking back at 2025 across the region, one can’t help but notice a pattern. Many times, residents were pushed — someti... Capitol COLAs leave seniors with tab Many of us over a certain age will be seeing a little more in our Social Security checks beginning in January after the ... Rural or urban, homelessness still a struggle It’s that time of year again. Temperatures are falling and the leaves are gone. As winter approaches, though, the issu... Latest Photo GalleriesJan. 25 snowstorm2026-01-26Jan. 17-18 snowstorms2026-01-21Tamaqua-Schuylkill Haven girls basketball2026-01-13Palmerton-Salisbury boys basketball2026-01-13Opinion Letter to the editor: Why Pennsylvania Must Ban Live Pigeon Shoots Bucks County is home to a cruel and primitive practice that most Pennsylvanians believe belongs in the past: live pigeon shoots. At the Phil... Be prepared for snowmageddonLetter to the editor: Consequences Of Manhattan VoteOpinion: Dialogue, not discord fuels local progressLetter to the editor: Does Bresnahan represent the people?On This Date - News JANUARY 26, 2008 The Mary Packer Cummings Memorial School in Packerton is nearing completion of a renovation and will soon reopen as a third location for the... JANUARY 24, 2006JANUARY 23, 2009JANUARY 22, 2003JANUARY 21, 2002AP News Grand jury indicts man in killing of ex-wife, her husbandMarkets trade near record levels to close out Wall Street’s weekKirk murder defendant seeking new prosecutorsProsecutor in Minnesota seeks shooting evidenceMan jailed in Pa. grave robbery caseMeta lines up nuclear power for AI data centersEarthquake hits MexicoSparkling candles likely ignited fatal Swiss fireAuthorities think mountain lion killed solo hiker 1 2 3 » Next Police identify man who threw hot tea at McDonald’s workerLansford woman charged in drive-by shootingSlatington brothers honored for 50 years of firefightingTamaqua SD appoints new assistant superintendentA career rerouted, a dream intact for NW grad Holmes
Warm beds, warm hearts aid homeless Some stories don’t make headlines, but they stay with you. Like the folks I saw a few decades back, crawling over a guar... New law pumps brakes on ARD for repeat DUIs It’s 2 a.m. and there’s a knock at the door. Your stomach drops. You know before you open it that the news on the other... Opinion: Flying cars? Maybe someday My father used to tell stories about growing up in the 1930s. His family had the only radio on the block and the front ... Opinion: Leaner Carbon budget honors real workers Carbon County’s new budget isn’t flashy, but its priorities are pretty straightforward. Its goals: Pay the folks who are... New Cadillac fits bill for Franklin Budget As they closed out their 2025 spending plan and began to map out a new path for the coming year, supervisors in Franklin... Opinion: Old year’s trails fuel resolve for 2026 Looking back at 2025 across the region, one can’t help but notice a pattern. Many times, residents were pushed — someti... Capitol COLAs leave seniors with tab Many of us over a certain age will be seeing a little more in our Social Security checks beginning in January after the ... Rural or urban, homelessness still a struggle It’s that time of year again. Temperatures are falling and the leaves are gone. As winter approaches, though, the issu... Latest Photo GalleriesJan. 25 snowstorm2026-01-26Jan. 17-18 snowstorms2026-01-21Tamaqua-Schuylkill Haven girls basketball2026-01-13Palmerton-Salisbury boys basketball2026-01-13Opinion Letter to the editor: Why Pennsylvania Must Ban Live Pigeon Shoots Bucks County is home to a cruel and primitive practice that most Pennsylvanians believe belongs in the past: live pigeon shoots. At the Phil... Be prepared for snowmageddonLetter to the editor: Consequences Of Manhattan VoteOpinion: Dialogue, not discord fuels local progressLetter to the editor: Does Bresnahan represent the people?On This Date - News JANUARY 26, 2008 The Mary Packer Cummings Memorial School in Packerton is nearing completion of a renovation and will soon reopen as a third location for the... JANUARY 24, 2006JANUARY 23, 2009JANUARY 22, 2003JANUARY 21, 2002AP News Grand jury indicts man in killing of ex-wife, her husbandMarkets trade near record levels to close out Wall Street’s weekKirk murder defendant seeking new prosecutorsProsecutor in Minnesota seeks shooting evidenceMan jailed in Pa. grave robbery caseMeta lines up nuclear power for AI data centersEarthquake hits MexicoSparkling candles likely ignited fatal Swiss fireAuthorities think mountain lion killed solo hiker 1 2 3 » Next Police identify man who threw hot tea at McDonald’s workerLansford woman charged in drive-by shootingSlatington brothers honored for 50 years of firefightingTamaqua SD appoints new assistant superintendentA career rerouted, a dream intact for NW grad Holmes
New law pumps brakes on ARD for repeat DUIs It’s 2 a.m. and there’s a knock at the door. Your stomach drops. You know before you open it that the news on the other... Opinion: Flying cars? Maybe someday My father used to tell stories about growing up in the 1930s. His family had the only radio on the block and the front ... Opinion: Leaner Carbon budget honors real workers Carbon County’s new budget isn’t flashy, but its priorities are pretty straightforward. Its goals: Pay the folks who are... New Cadillac fits bill for Franklin Budget As they closed out their 2025 spending plan and began to map out a new path for the coming year, supervisors in Franklin... Opinion: Old year’s trails fuel resolve for 2026 Looking back at 2025 across the region, one can’t help but notice a pattern. Many times, residents were pushed — someti... Capitol COLAs leave seniors with tab Many of us over a certain age will be seeing a little more in our Social Security checks beginning in January after the ... Rural or urban, homelessness still a struggle It’s that time of year again. Temperatures are falling and the leaves are gone. As winter approaches, though, the issu... Latest Photo GalleriesJan. 25 snowstorm2026-01-26Jan. 17-18 snowstorms2026-01-21Tamaqua-Schuylkill Haven girls basketball2026-01-13Palmerton-Salisbury boys basketball2026-01-13Opinion Letter to the editor: Why Pennsylvania Must Ban Live Pigeon Shoots Bucks County is home to a cruel and primitive practice that most Pennsylvanians believe belongs in the past: live pigeon shoots. At the Phil... Be prepared for snowmageddonLetter to the editor: Consequences Of Manhattan VoteOpinion: Dialogue, not discord fuels local progressLetter to the editor: Does Bresnahan represent the people?On This Date - News JANUARY 26, 2008 The Mary Packer Cummings Memorial School in Packerton is nearing completion of a renovation and will soon reopen as a third location for the... JANUARY 24, 2006JANUARY 23, 2009JANUARY 22, 2003JANUARY 21, 2002AP News Grand jury indicts man in killing of ex-wife, her husbandMarkets trade near record levels to close out Wall Street’s weekKirk murder defendant seeking new prosecutorsProsecutor in Minnesota seeks shooting evidenceMan jailed in Pa. grave robbery caseMeta lines up nuclear power for AI data centersEarthquake hits MexicoSparkling candles likely ignited fatal Swiss fireAuthorities think mountain lion killed solo hiker 1 2 3 » Next Police identify man who threw hot tea at McDonald’s workerLansford woman charged in drive-by shootingSlatington brothers honored for 50 years of firefightingTamaqua SD appoints new assistant superintendentA career rerouted, a dream intact for NW grad Holmes
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Opinion: Leaner Carbon budget honors real workers Carbon County’s new budget isn’t flashy, but its priorities are pretty straightforward. Its goals: Pay the folks who are... New Cadillac fits bill for Franklin Budget As they closed out their 2025 spending plan and began to map out a new path for the coming year, supervisors in Franklin... Opinion: Old year’s trails fuel resolve for 2026 Looking back at 2025 across the region, one can’t help but notice a pattern. Many times, residents were pushed — someti... Capitol COLAs leave seniors with tab Many of us over a certain age will be seeing a little more in our Social Security checks beginning in January after the ... Rural or urban, homelessness still a struggle It’s that time of year again. Temperatures are falling and the leaves are gone. As winter approaches, though, the issu... Latest Photo GalleriesJan. 25 snowstorm2026-01-26Jan. 17-18 snowstorms2026-01-21Tamaqua-Schuylkill Haven girls basketball2026-01-13Palmerton-Salisbury boys basketball2026-01-13Opinion Letter to the editor: Why Pennsylvania Must Ban Live Pigeon Shoots Bucks County is home to a cruel and primitive practice that most Pennsylvanians believe belongs in the past: live pigeon shoots. At the Phil... Be prepared for snowmageddonLetter to the editor: Consequences Of Manhattan VoteOpinion: Dialogue, not discord fuels local progressLetter to the editor: Does Bresnahan represent the people?On This Date - News JANUARY 26, 2008 The Mary Packer Cummings Memorial School in Packerton is nearing completion of a renovation and will soon reopen as a third location for the... JANUARY 24, 2006JANUARY 23, 2009JANUARY 22, 2003JANUARY 21, 2002AP News Grand jury indicts man in killing of ex-wife, her husbandMarkets trade near record levels to close out Wall Street’s weekKirk murder defendant seeking new prosecutorsProsecutor in Minnesota seeks shooting evidenceMan jailed in Pa. grave robbery caseMeta lines up nuclear power for AI data centersEarthquake hits MexicoSparkling candles likely ignited fatal Swiss fireAuthorities think mountain lion killed solo hiker 1 2 3 » Next
New Cadillac fits bill for Franklin Budget As they closed out their 2025 spending plan and began to map out a new path for the coming year, supervisors in Franklin... Opinion: Old year’s trails fuel resolve for 2026 Looking back at 2025 across the region, one can’t help but notice a pattern. Many times, residents were pushed — someti... Capitol COLAs leave seniors with tab Many of us over a certain age will be seeing a little more in our Social Security checks beginning in January after the ... Rural or urban, homelessness still a struggle It’s that time of year again. Temperatures are falling and the leaves are gone. As winter approaches, though, the issu... Latest Photo GalleriesJan. 25 snowstorm2026-01-26Jan. 17-18 snowstorms2026-01-21Tamaqua-Schuylkill Haven girls basketball2026-01-13Palmerton-Salisbury boys basketball2026-01-13Opinion Letter to the editor: Why Pennsylvania Must Ban Live Pigeon Shoots Bucks County is home to a cruel and primitive practice that most Pennsylvanians believe belongs in the past: live pigeon shoots. At the Phil... Be prepared for snowmageddonLetter to the editor: Consequences Of Manhattan VoteOpinion: Dialogue, not discord fuels local progressLetter to the editor: Does Bresnahan represent the people?On This Date - News JANUARY 26, 2008 The Mary Packer Cummings Memorial School in Packerton is nearing completion of a renovation and will soon reopen as a third location for the... JANUARY 24, 2006JANUARY 23, 2009JANUARY 22, 2003JANUARY 21, 2002AP News Grand jury indicts man in killing of ex-wife, her husbandMarkets trade near record levels to close out Wall Street’s weekKirk murder defendant seeking new prosecutorsProsecutor in Minnesota seeks shooting evidenceMan jailed in Pa. grave robbery caseMeta lines up nuclear power for AI data centersEarthquake hits MexicoSparkling candles likely ignited fatal Swiss fireAuthorities think mountain lion killed solo hiker
Opinion: Old year’s trails fuel resolve for 2026 Looking back at 2025 across the region, one can’t help but notice a pattern. Many times, residents were pushed — someti... Capitol COLAs leave seniors with tab Many of us over a certain age will be seeing a little more in our Social Security checks beginning in January after the ... Rural or urban, homelessness still a struggle It’s that time of year again. Temperatures are falling and the leaves are gone. As winter approaches, though, the issu... Latest Photo GalleriesJan. 25 snowstorm2026-01-26Jan. 17-18 snowstorms2026-01-21Tamaqua-Schuylkill Haven girls basketball2026-01-13Palmerton-Salisbury boys basketball2026-01-13Opinion Letter to the editor: Why Pennsylvania Must Ban Live Pigeon Shoots Bucks County is home to a cruel and primitive practice that most Pennsylvanians believe belongs in the past: live pigeon shoots. At the Phil... Be prepared for snowmageddonLetter to the editor: Consequences Of Manhattan VoteOpinion: Dialogue, not discord fuels local progressLetter to the editor: Does Bresnahan represent the people?On This Date - News JANUARY 26, 2008 The Mary Packer Cummings Memorial School in Packerton is nearing completion of a renovation and will soon reopen as a third location for the... JANUARY 24, 2006JANUARY 23, 2009JANUARY 22, 2003JANUARY 21, 2002AP News Grand jury indicts man in killing of ex-wife, her husbandMarkets trade near record levels to close out Wall Street’s weekKirk murder defendant seeking new prosecutorsProsecutor in Minnesota seeks shooting evidenceMan jailed in Pa. grave robbery caseMeta lines up nuclear power for AI data centersEarthquake hits MexicoSparkling candles likely ignited fatal Swiss fireAuthorities think mountain lion killed solo hiker
Capitol COLAs leave seniors with tab Many of us over a certain age will be seeing a little more in our Social Security checks beginning in January after the ... Rural or urban, homelessness still a struggle It’s that time of year again. Temperatures are falling and the leaves are gone. As winter approaches, though, the issu...
Rural or urban, homelessness still a struggle It’s that time of year again. Temperatures are falling and the leaves are gone. As winter approaches, though, the issu...
Letter to the editor: Why Pennsylvania Must Ban Live Pigeon Shoots Bucks County is home to a cruel and primitive practice that most Pennsylvanians believe belongs in the past: live pigeon shoots. At the Phil...
JANUARY 26, 2008 The Mary Packer Cummings Memorial School in Packerton is nearing completion of a renovation and will soon reopen as a third location for the...