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Updated: Oct 07, 2026 at 04:39 PM
My late father used to tell me that some people don’t have the common sense that God gave a dog.
Growing up, I often thought it was just one of his old-time sayings.
But in the last few days, there’s ...
Published: Oct 05, 2026 at 02:51 PM
As artificial intelligence is changing the way the world works, it’s creating a huge demand for massive data centers.
These facilities need land, power, water and access to roads and highways.
With th...
Published: Sep 28, 2026 at 02:45 PM
The clock is ticking on the skill game issue across the state.
On Oct. 14, every skill game in Pennsylvania becomes illegal unless our lawmakers come to some type of agreement.
The state Supreme Court...
Published: Sep 23, 2026 at 02:45 PM
For most of history, water has been connected to power.
In the earliest days of our area, water carried logs down the Lehigh River. It was a source of sustenance for the earliest of settlers.
When min...
Published: Sep 15, 2026 at 02:45 PM
Ben Kafferlin came to Lansford last week with a message.
Kafferlin told council that as he opened the door to the borough building, he heard a “domestic dispute” with people screaming at each other ou...
Published: Sep 11, 2026 at 02:45 PM
It was a normal Tuesday morning.
The smell of hours-old Sheetz coffee wafted from the Styrofoam cup at my desk in the newsroom at the Standard-Speaker in Hazleton. Staffers were talking and joking, th...
Published: Sep 03, 2026 at 02:45 PM
Every so often, we find ourselves revisiting debates about science that were settled long before many of us were born.
There’s been a lot of talk about vaccines — COVID-19, HPV, flu shots and probably...
Published: Aug 28, 2026 at 02:45 PM
Several years ago, sharing services among municipalities didn’t happen very often.
It was almost as if snowplows and other equipment hit the brakes at boundary lines.
But lately, school districts and ...
Published: Aug 11, 2026 at 02:45 PM
Imagine rolling into your driveway tonight and parking a 1999-model sedan.
Back in the day when you brought it from the showroom, its chrome glistened. Its big, powerful engine purred like a kitten. T...
Published: Aug 05, 2026 at 02:45 PM
We’ve all heard the maxim that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
State Sen. Dawn Keefer’s plan to wipe out school property taxes statewide fits squarely in that space, somewhere...