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Pennsylvania took a ride a few miles farther down the information highway recently when the state House approved two measures that would allow people to carry digital versions of their drivers license...

For a long time, Pennsylvania drivers dutifully lined up once a year to pay for the privilege of proving their cars are roadworthy. And for nearly the last four decades, part of that duty for drivers ...

Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor brought a roundtable discussion to Palmerton recently to talk about the housing situation in Carbon County and the surrounding areas of the Poconos. As many of the s...

You might call it Nesquehoning’s version of Artemis II. Last Wednesday, just about two weeks after four astronauts splashed down to end a 10-day spin into space for a lunar flyby, the borough launched...

About 60 years ago, a longtime friend and mentor of mine called it “football, country-style.” The late Ray Saul, then sports editor of Hazleton’s newspaper, used those words to describe a fledgling We...

Many of us of a certain age might remember our tween years — those days in the late ’60s when mini-bikes became all the rage for young men too small for a motorcycle and too young for a drivers’ licen...

I’ve been reading a lot over the past few months about taxes in Pennsylvania, and admittedly, not much of it makes sense. There’s been a longtime debate over eliminating property taxes and replacing t...

Fire Chief Jeff Buck and Assistant Fire Chief Robert Shick Jr. were heading out on a search for a missing person late Saturday afternoon in Berks County. They were doing what volunteer firefighters al...

Spring has sprung, its buds promising the annual return of the beauty of the Poconos. Hotels and resorts will fill as out-of-towners arrive to experience the grandeur. But for others — especially some...

Last week, the state House of Representatives voted to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour over the next few years, a move that supports a major priority of Gov. Josh Shapiro. It’s a plan...