The electricity needed to power new Pennsylvania data centers already in advanced stages of planning could power 11 million homes – nearly twice the total number of households in the state. Companies ...
Centralia, Pennsylvania looks like an ordinary abandoned town — except the ground beneath it has been burning since 1962.
Do you know about the modern ghost town where a deadly fire has been burning nonstop beneath the streets for decades?Yes! you ...
It's taken years of work, miles of construction and a lot of grant funding, but the Ghost Town Trail's 32-mile loop, the ...
For years, residents viewed the fire as a troublesome but controllable problem. A persistent reek of sulphur and smoke ...
Ten years later in 1979, the fire reached a point of no return. The mayor, John Coddington, who also ran a gas station, discovered during a routine check that the gasoline in his underground tanks was ...
Girardville’s nearly 200-year history reads like a rollercoaster of ups and downs in the Schuylkill County anthracite region.
The former RAF base could fly passenger flights once again.
Across Pennsylvania, history runs deep, and some historic retreats come with tales that make visitors glance twice over their ...
Girardville, a tiny, past-its-prime coal town hidden in the Schuylkill County mountains, could be worth more dead than alive. Locals say a thick stretch of the Mammoth coal vein that minted the town’s ...
A new state law has made it easier for municipalities to remove abandoned boats. But finding the money to pay for the costly disposal remains a challenge.