Five candidates are running for two spots on both the Democratic and Republican tickets. Judges Art Zulick and Margherita Patti-Worthington are retiring. With 28 of 55 precincts reporting, the ...

Lehighton Area School District Election Update Voters in East Penn, Franklin and Mahoning townships and Lehighton, Parryville and Weissport boroughs participated in balloting today for positions on ...

Four spots are open for Panther Valley School Board on both the Republican and Democratic ballots. Here are the results, as of 9:05 p.m. in the order they appear on the ballot, with 44% reporting: ...

Early results are in for Pleasant Valley School Board. Incumbents Diane Serfass, Norman Burger and Melanie Zipp are showing good numbers, with retired teacher Denise Hopely and Melanie Zipp as ...

Carbon County is reviewing its proposed Comprehensive Plan and Greenways, Trails and Open Space plan. This review, to be held at the Carbon County Planning Commission this afternoon, will take place ...

Learning about the Civil War in a textbook is one way to teach it. Seeing it and experiencing it in person brings a whole new ...

The Weissport Borough Council held a reorganizational meeting Monday evening and is now able to conduct business again.

Visitors to the annual Panther Valley Health Carnival on Monday learned you can be taught CPR at any age. Over 50 visitors to ...

A Palmerton man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to making terroristic threats in a case involving firearms and alleged methamphetamine possession, according to Carbon County Court ...

After being closed for more than a year, the Barnesville Post Office will reopen Wednesday. The 2 Grier Ave. office had been closed since February 2024 for needed improvements. “We look forward to ...

The Panther Valley School Board last week shot down a proposed 1.5-mill tax increase to support construction of a new elementary school as it prepared to adopt its preliminary budget for 2025-26.

Mahoning Township has agreed to write a joint letter with Jim Thorpe regarding road maintenance in the Highland Hills development. “It certainly needs to get straightened out,” Mahoning Township ...