Lansford Alive will be honoring two borough residents with the Black Diamond Award at its annual Christmas dinner in December ...

The Lehighton United Veterans Organization on Saturday rededicated the Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital memorial plaque in ...

West Penn Township officials have agreed to accelerate well permits as wells and streams continue to go dry. On a 2-0 vote, supervisors agreed Tuesday morning to instruct Bill Brior, sewage ...

Lehighton won’t have a full slate of councilors until next month. After over a 30-minute executive session, borough council at a special meeting on Monday tabled the appointment of a new council ...

Carbon County elected officials will see raises in 2028 and 2029, and one part-time position will become full time. During a special meeting of the county commissioners on Tuesday evening, the board ...

Palmerton Area School District’s board of directors heard a proposal Tuesday night to introduce a German exchange program at its high school. Susan Dellicker, the school’s German teacher, highlighted ...

A new part-time police officer could soon be added in West Penn Township. It was announced at Tuesday morning’s board of supervisors meeting that the township has received one application for a ...

The Tamaqua Area School Board approved a settlement agreement for a lawsuit stemming from alleged sexual assaults in a 2021 “hazing” incident at the district’s field house. The board voted 5-2 to ...

West Penn Township officials believe all wells for commercial extracted water within the Delaware River Basin Commission should cease until the drought is over. Township supervisors on a 2-0 vote ...

The Board of Directors for the Kutztown Folk Festival has announced that its nine-day summer event will not be held in 2025. “This decision comes as a result of mounting financial challenges that ...

Lehighton High School’s Future Business Leaders of America club won the 2024 Innovator of the Year Award at the Region 21 Leadership Workshop held recently at East Stroudsburg University. This was ...

In her four years at Panther Valley, Riley McArdle was accustomed to playing her game. She established herself as one of the ...