The Summit Hill Fire Department has reactivated a device which many communities have eliminated: a fire siren. The “fire ...

Lehighton Area School District’s board of directors voted to amend Superintendent Jason Moser’s contract Monday, granting ...

Getting close to a gyrfalcon, a Harris hawk and a great horned owl is not a normal summer activity. Unless you’re ...

The members of the Lehighton Borough Council decided to move forward with the Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance ...

The U.S. Postal Service is excited to announce the Stamp Encore Contest. To celebrate its 250th anniversary and gear up to ...

Live generously. Those are the words on a T-shirt Paula Bond wears when she helps distribute meals at Zion Lutheran Church in ...

It was a perfect night to grab a blanket or a chair and hear some bluegrass music at Chestnuthill Park’s summer concert ...

Stephen Haupt didn’t set out to become a kickball commissioner. But when the Lehighton Adult Kickball League faced an ...

The Lansford Civil Service Commission will be asking borough council to update the ordinance regarding police testing standards. The fledgling commission met Monday morning to discuss the testing ...

They engage in a scenario-based discussion to simulate real-life emergencies. This time around, the Carbon County School Safety Committee met recently for a two-hour tabletop training exercise in ...

State police at the Belfast barracks reported the following crashes: • Two motorcyclists, including a Walnutport man, were injured in a crash at 9:03 p.m. July 2 on Interstate 78 in Lower Saucon ...

A Jim Thorpe resident is calling for the return of the east side fire whistle, arguing that it is needed to warn the public during emergencies. “The residents in this community, with everything ...