Residents in the Palmerton Area School District could see just shy of a 2 percent increase in their property tax rates this year.
That was the recommendation of the school board's Budget and Finance C...
The Carbon County Outdated Telephone Directory program is about to get underway.
From Feb. 1 to 18, elementary school students throughout the county will be competing to collect the most phone books.P...
It's been an emotional week regarding children headlining the news.
For the last six days, Americans have been gripped by the story of 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green, the youngest victim in last Sa...
Three temporary Carbon County Election Board members will be appointed in February.
During the county commissioners' meeting on Thursday, Commissioner William O'Gurek, chairman, said that three electi...
Another defendant in a home invasion incident in Lansford was sentenced this week in Carbon County court.
Justin Scott Nahf, 21, of Dublin, Bucks County, was sentenced on Thursday by Judge Steven R. S...
Although the preliminary budget passed by the Panther Valley School Board last night calls for a six-mill tax increase, directors urged residents not to panic.
"I'd like to stress that this is a preli...
Sorority news
Members of the Preceptor Alpha Upsilon Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority met last week at the home of Cathy Santee. Pam Stump, a visitor from Florida, provided pizza prior to the busine...
The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue has announced that its Bethlehem office will serve Carbon County residents for their tax needs.
Commissioner William O'Gurek, chairman, made the announcement on ...
Stephanie Ann Palko, a resident at Heritage Hill Senior Community in Weatherly, is celebrating her 93rd birthday on Jan. 17.
Born in 1918 in Plainfield, N.J., Stephanie also resided in Perth Amboy and...
Rob Kovac remembers all too well what happened last season when his Jim Thorpe girls' basketball team faced Pine Grove at home.
"A year ago we played Pine Grove here right before Christmas and it was ...