When many of our ancestors found their way to American shores over a century ago, the coal industry was the jobs magnet that drew them to this regi

On Saturday and Sunday, the annual telethon of the Tamaqua-Carbon Chapter of American Cancer Society will be presented from Penn's Peak on Blue Rid

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Last month's sequester cuts put a number of county agencies, already treading water with their budgets, in dire financial straits.

As the warmer weather approaches, we tend to forget about the pain we've endured when the temperatures were below zero.

Last Friday marked the 35th Anniversary of Three Mile Island accident, the civilian nuclear power plant near Harrisburg that suffered a partial mel

Dear Editor,

Dear Editor,

To the Editor,

How come no one is watching Cuba?

Dear Editor,

Dear Editor,

I am tired of renting my home from the school district, and every year the rent goes up and up.

Dear Editor,