The girls of Girl Scout Troop 3620 are working to make children’s lives a little brighter. The Lehighton-area troop used this ...

Penn Forest Township supervisors Monday night approved a data center ordinance at a well-attended meeting at Penn’s Peak.

Lehighton has declined a potential police service agreement with Weissport. Lehighton Mayor Ryan Saunders, Lehighton Borough Police Chief Troy Abelovsky, and council members Joe Flickinger, Dave ...

Former Weissport Borough Council member Shelley Fisher withdrew her application for tax collector for the borough. Her resignation was approved Monday. Fisher resigned from borough council and from ...

West Penn Township Police Chief Jason Lorah recognized some unlikely heroes during Monday’s township supervisors’ meeting. They’re members of the township road crew, and Lorah said they recently ...

Bowmanstown Borough Council voted Tuesday to reapply for grant funding to support a walking trail project originally proposed in 2024. Despite a rejection in the previous funding round, Councilwoman ...

The 13th annual Marian Catholic High School Polar Plunge at Mauch Chunk Lake is now slated to take place on March 14. Registration begins at 10 a.m. in the pavilion near the beach area, with the ...

A former Lehighton resident is among a trio of writers for the National Law Journal of Washington, D.C., who will receive the prestigious George Polk Award for legal reporting. Marianne Lavelle, ...

A decision about agritourism at a lavender farm in Lower Towamensing Township is forthcoming. The township’s zoning hearing board will hold a public meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the township ...

Lansford Councilman Bruce Markovich wants to set the record straight on the transfer of the former Lehigh and New England train station. Last week, Councilman Jack Soberick asked council to write to ...

The Tamaqua Area “Raider” Band students pictured here participated in the 2026 Schuylkill County Band. The festival was held at Tamaqua Area High School on Saturday. The guest conductor was Dr.

With the original bid opening two weeks away and 22 contractors already interested, Palmerton Area School District’s board of directors unanimously voted Tuesday to add a last-minute option to its ...