The Carbon County Emergency Management Office said the office, Pa. Department of Forestry and the firefighters fighting the brush fire on Bear Mountain are grateful with the outpouring of support and ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and ...

A wildfire sweeping through Lehighton and Jim Thorpe wooded areas has now consumed 600 acres, a DCNR spokesman said Sunday ...

State police are investigating two overdoses at a Mahoning Township restaurant. On Saturday at approximately 6:15 p.m. the Pennsylvania State Police Lehighton barracks received a request from the ...

Shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday morning the Mahoning Valley Fire Company was dispatched to a large pile of railroad ties burning ...

It was a time to reflect on the strides that were made, with an eye toward the future. The Lehighton Cold Weather Station ...

A home was heavily damaged by fire Saturday night in Tamaqua. The alarm came in around 9 p.m. of a dwelling fire in the 100 ...

There is an active brush fire between the Indian Mountain Lakes and Birch Hollow Estates communities in Monroe County near the Carbon County line. Volunteers from Penn Forest Fire Company No. 2 and ...

Two people were seriously injured Saturday afternoon in a ATV crash in Ryan Township. The incident occurred around 1 p.m. off ...

Firefighters from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, along with volunteers from Carbon and Schuylkill counties, are on scene of a wildlife outside of Jim Thorpe. The fire broke out ...

The president of Tamaqua Borough Council noted that the borough is in the early stage of discussions with Coaldale Borough Council about providing police coverage. “Coaldale did approach us to try to ...

State police at the Pocono barracks reported the following crashes that happened on the Northeast Extension of the Penns... State police at Fern Ridge - crashes State police at the Fern Ridge barracks ...