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West Penn Township officials believe all wells for commercial extracted water within the Delaware River Basin Commission should cease until the drought is over. Township supervisors on a 2-0 vote Tues...

A volunteer training program aimed at helping families who lost a loved one to suicide will be meeting for the first time on Saturday. The Local Outreach of Suicide Survivors or LOSS team, which was f...

Carbon County elected officials will see raises in 2028 and 2029, and one part-time position will become full time. During a special meeting of the county commissioners on Tuesday evening, the board u...

The Board of Directors for the Kutztown Folk Festival has announced that its nine-day summer event will not be held in 2025. “This decision comes as a result of mounting financial challenges that hav...

A request for a solar farm in Mahoning Township has been scheduled for a conditional use hearing at 6 p.m. Dec. 4. Solar Renewable Energy, LLC and Ashtown Road Solar Partners LLC, has applied for a re...

Northern Lehigh School Board approved the following personnel matters last week: Resignations • Quiana Caro, personal care assistant, Slatington Elementary School, effective Nov. 1. • Kellie Bechtel (...

Removal of hazardous trees continues in the day use areas of Tuscarora State Park in Barnesville. Work is being done between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. weekdays as weather permits, and may take several weeks. ...

A former Tamaqua man faces insurance fraud and other charges filed against him Nov. 13 by the state Attorney General’s Office. Charges against Frank T. Jimenez-Araujo, 32, whose last known address is ...

“Blessings of the Seasons,” a benefit concert for the 50th Anniversary of the ELCA World Hunger Appeal, will be held at 3 p.m. Dec. 1 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 319 South Ave. Jim Thorpe. Maestro...