Export officials are excited about creation of a historical area showcasing the borough’s mining history. A $139,000 state ...

The West Pittston Historical Society (WPHS), in recognition of Anthracite Heritage Month, presented “Local Anthracite Mining in the 21st Century” on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at the West Pittston Library. The ...

It was clear in the early 1800s that Schuylkill County’s coal deposits were going to become big business. Investors like Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia banker and one of the richest men in the world, ...

Pennsylvania’s coal region ghost town, Centralia, continues to capture the imagination and attract tourists, even when ...

One of the most well-maintained mining villages is in Pennsylvania. Visitors can view houses that date to the 1850s and learn ...

Gov. Shapiro said he wants to fast-track the construction of big power plants and offer hundreds of millions of dollars in ...

A fire in an abandoned mine in Fairchance, Fayette County has been extinguished, and the Pennsylvania Department of ...

Stronghold failed to meet its must-offer capacity obligation by using power it produced to run bitcoin mining rigs, according ...

Over 100 years ago, the Ku Klux Klan embedded its roots in the Northeastern part of the United States. One of their targets ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday that he wants to fast-track the construction of big power plants in Pennsylvania and offer ...

Just in time for Black History Month, FamilySearch has announced expansion of a remarkable effort to gather genealogical information from cultures emphasizing oral transmission of family data.

In the five years between Neiswonger Construction first pursuing a permit to build an underground limestone mine in Washington County and earlier this month — when Pennsylvania regulators ...