Nestled in a narrow gorge between mountain ridges, with protected watershed land on its borders and an industrial zone barely 500 feet wide in places, Jim Thorpe Borough may be one of the least ...

This is Part 1 of 2 giving a primer on voting for state candidates. Part 2 will appear later in the week. Stephen Caruso of ...

An American Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to Jim Thorpe’s Memorial Park yesterday netted 103 pints of blood. Mrs. Charles D. Neast, R.N., served as project coordinator for the visit, while William J.

A Panther Valley Junior Senior High School teacher received state accolades for his work rebuilding his school’s Family and ...

Theresa Long, head of school at MMI Preparatory School, has announced the Honor Roll for the third quarter of the 2025-26 school year. For a student to achieve Honor Roll status each quarter, ...

A brush fire that broke out Sunday morning atop the Blue Mountain, right in the middle of Lehigh and Carbon counties, burned 87 acres. Greg Reese, Wildland Fire Specialist supervisor for the William ...

The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Department of Homeland Security are challenging a state order barring the opening of a Schuylkill County detention center until ICE gives written ...

The Hungarian people exercised their constitutional rights and chose democracy over Victor Orban’s sixteen-year authoritarianism. Orban’s political playbook seems to be the core of the Heritage ...

The Reading & Northern Railroad is partnering with a Schuylkill County animal shelter to help find forever homes for rescued animals. The Port Clinton-based railroad is sponsoring a “Hop on Home” ...

Greg Strubinger spent 20 years in countless borough council meetings serving the town where he grew up. On Thursday night, ...

Many of us of a certain age might remember our tween years — those days in the late ’60s when mini-bikes became all the rage for young men too small for a motorcycle and too young for a drivers’ ...

Schuylkill County Commissioner Gary J. Hess knows the Avenues program for disabled people very well. His mother worked there ...