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Published: Sep 03, 2025 at 02:55 PM
Dear Editor:
So it is OK to ban books but not assault weapons or ghost guns. Very interesting.
Evan Evans
Nesquehoning
Published: Sep 03, 2025 at 02:55 PM
When we talk about mental health, too often the conversation begins after a crisis has occurred.
A child struggles in silence, a family reaches a breaking point, a community mourns a loss that might ...
Published: Aug 29, 2025 at 02:45 PM
Take a look around most places in Carbon and Schuylkill counties, and it’s easy to see the scars of a way of life that fueled the nation’s future.
Empty pits — some filled with water — sit amid black ...
Published: Aug 29, 2025 at 02:37 PM
Donald Trump has pitched his tariffs on foreign goods as a way to bring more manufacturing jobs back into the United States. However, it now appears as if the tariffs are hurting the manufacturing job...
Published: Aug 29, 2025 at 02:37 PM
Do you remember how unpleasant it was during the COVID shutdown? Almost all of the grocery stores were closed or severely inconvenienced. Giant had arrows on the floor and barricades at the ends of ai...
Published: Aug 23, 2025 at 01:13 AM
Dear Editor,
On behalf of those who directly benefit, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude to all who generously and enthusiastically supported the 28th Go Joe Bike Ride, WNEP Telethon and Summe...
Published: Aug 21, 2025 at 08:13 PM
I’m not ready for a nursing home. I live with serious mobility issues and dizziness, but thanks to my son James, I’m able to stay in my home. He’s just 20 years old, but he stepped up in a big way — k...
Published: Aug 21, 2025 at 08:13 PM
A new school year is upon us.
In some places across the state, it has already begun. Locally, most area school districts will begin classes Monday.
No matter the location, though, the ongoing state bu...
Published: Aug 20, 2025 at 01:10 PM
A journey researching tariffs brought me to an unescapable conclusion. Unless America changes course our country is doomed.
With Trump’s election victory America’s path forward seemed bright. Finally ...
Published: Aug 20, 2025 at 01:10 PM
The use of asbestos has been heavily regulated in the last few decades, especially after the Environmental Protection Agency introduced a complete ban in 2024.
Nonetheless, our decades-long use of as...