One hundred twenty four nurses and other medical staff that serve Blue Mountain Health System's Gnaden Huetten and Palmerton campuses were recently honored for their dedication to each patient that en...
High winds caused minor to major damage to many homes and businesses around our area yesterday. Pictured is the roof of a LC&N storage bay blown off by high winds in Tamaqua.
It seems a week hasn't gone by this spring when we haven't had to get out a state map to chart the latest natural weather disaster to strike our nation.
On Sunday, Joplin, a city in southwestern Misso...
The Penn State Extension in Carbon and Monroe counties is offering a workshop for beginning canners who want to learn how to use a pressure canner. The workshop, titled "Yes I Can," will be held from ...
The 15th annual Jim Thorpe Birthday Celebration was held this past weekend, in the town that bears his name, by the Jim Thorpe Chamber of Commerce Council of the Carbon County Chamber of Commerce with...
Firefighters from the Albrightsville Fire Company direct traffic at the intersection of state routes 534 and 903 Monday afternoon when more than a thousand PPL Electric customers were without power af...
Several homes were severely damaged Monday evening in what many residents described as a tornado touching down along Penn Street in Franklin Township. The roof was torn from this home and the elevated...
It's a day to fly the flag at half-staff, visit cemeteries and memorials.
It's also a day to commemorate our soldiers who have died while in the military service, as will be the case at Palmerton's Me...
Memorial Day events kick off Sunday in Lansford with a special Memorial Mass at St. Catherine Drexel Roman Catholic Church.
Then on Monday, the annual parade followed by the special program in Kennedy...