The family of a Valley Stream, New York, man who drowned Sept. 1 while rafting on the Lehigh River, wants rafting companies to improve their policies and procedures to save lives.
Family members of Ch...
Between 1975 and 2005, there were 43 whitewater fatalities in Pennsylvania, according to American Whitewater. That includes kayaking, rafting and canoes.
The numbers put Pennsylvania in the top five s...
Pocono Whitewater Rafting website details its policies and procedures on its website.
• Are the river guides in our raft?
Our professional guides will be in kayaks alongside your raft. If you have spe...
The Carbon County Community Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of all the county’s residents.
Since it started in 2015, the foundation has provided grants to more than 30 local organizatio...
Abigail Pattishall knows the Lehigh River watershed better than almost anyone.
As Wildlands Conservancy’s vice president of conservation, Pattishall has extensively studied the 1,300 square miles of l...
A member of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor organization spoke to the Bowmanstown Borough Council Monday night about the economic and social benefits of promoting outdoor activity i...
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection found a few problems with Bowmanstown’s sewer treatment system.
On Tuesday, Mark Bahnick, a senior professional engineer at Van Cleef Engineerin...
Preparedness is key when disaster strikes.
On Tuesday, approximately 40 local, county, state and federal agencies gathered at the Carbon County Emergency Management Agency to complete an exercise that...
The Bowmanstown Council reviewed the terms of a $1.5 million loan with First Northern Bank and Trust on Tuesday evening. The loan involves the refinancing of a current loan and an additional amount to...
The group Friends of the Lehigh River is circulating an online petition regarding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Francis E. Walter Dam Reservoir Reevaluation Study, hoping to keep the waters utiliz...