Two former coal mining sites in Schuylkill County that suffered heavy environmental damage during those operations decades ago and were then abandoned, will now be restored through two state grants ...

TREMONT, Pa. (WHTM) — Just over $15 Million has been awarded to restore abandoned mine land in Pennsylvania, and just over half of that is going to Schuylkill County. The Pennsylvania Department of ...

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After their story aired, someone came forward and "purchased" the entire set, promising a $10,000 donation to the charity.

Some Pennsylvania towns grew naturally over centuries, their identities emerging organically from geography and circumstance. Then there’s Jim Thorpe, which decided to purchase its identity wholesale ...

Many years ago, when I was young, my friends and I loved exploring abandoned buildings. On one of those nighttime excursions, ...

Members of the Fiscal Court voted to begin the application process for requesting funding from the Abandoned Mine Lands Economic Revitalization (AMLER) Program, a funding program provided by ...

New York’s dentists are aging, and a “retirement cliff” has left a shortage of people in the job. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll find out about a new dental school, the ...

A sinkhole partially under Luzerne County’s rail line in Ashley is expected to temporarily suspend train traffic, county Redevelopment Authority Executive Director Margaret Thomas said Tuesday.

Travellers in Scotland face widespread rail disruption after a fire broke out near Glasgow Central station on Sunday. Scotland’s busiest railway station is closed until further notice following a ...

Drilling fluid spilled into former mine. Wine-carrying train derails. Arnold Palmer courts 2nd carrier. Man almost misses ...

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