Ground-breaking could begin as early as December for a $78 million solar park the second-largest solar photovoltaic energy facility in the United States to be built in Nesquehoning.
The park, which wi...
Kathy Long, local historian, read sections of the journal of Catherine Williams, a Welsh woman and founding member of First Baptist Church of Slatington. She said it described the tribulations of brin...
As the H1N1 flu strikes across the country and Carbon County, local doctors and emergency rooms have reported a rise in visits from patients with flu-like symptoms.
For many, this novel flu can be tre...
Four persons were injured, several seriously, in a crash along route 443 in Walker Township Thursday afternoon. The crash involved a sport utility vehicle and a tri axle dump truck. The operator of th...
The top awards for the Tamaqua Halloween Parade, held on Tuesday, Oct. 27, were presented during a ceremony Nov. 11 at the Tamaqua Area Chamber of Commerce. The Tamaqua Lions Club is the sponsor for t...
Bids were opened on Thursday evening in Jim Thorpe for winter road materials for use in the borough.
The low bid and winner of the contract was Locust Ridge, which bid $12.52 per ton for up to 1,500 t...
Jim Thorpe Borough Council members passed two previously publicized resolutions during their normal monthly meeting on Thursday night.
The first related to new fees for the borough's sewage enforcemen...
A Lehighton woman was the recipient of the highest award for leadership obtainable from the Minsi Trails Scout Council. Mrs. Warren E. Long, Second Avenue, was presented the Silver Fawn Award during t...
Carbon County employees and tourists who use the county-owned parking lot in Jim Thorpe will soon have a new crosswalk to utilize.
During the county commissioners' meeting on Thursday, the board voted...
The Tamaqua Area High School girls soccer team are District 11 Class AA champions and a parade was held Saturday at 1p.m. (2 hours after the Tamaqua Veterans Day Parade) through the streets of Tamaqua...