A history of Schuylkill County published in 1845 provides insight into the early settlement of the county. “The History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon and Schuylkill Counties” by I. Daniel ...

A first-of-its kind solar field being built on a closed coal ash site at the Shawnee Fossil Plant in McCracken County will ...

CENTRALIA, Pa. - Standing before the wreckage ... in the moonscape of Centralia, a once-proud coal town whose population fled an underground mine fire that began in 1962 and continues to burn.

(Photo by John Beale/PublicSource) The crack of crashing concrete from Indiana County’s 55-year-old coal-powered plant in March heralded a new phase in energy production across Southwestern ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has approved the expansion of an underground coal mine in Westmoreland ... Association is hosting a town hall at St. Raymond of the ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has approved the expansion of an underground coal mine in Westmoreland County ... Mountain Watershed Association is hosting a town hall at St.

Jim Thorpe isn’t just another dot on the Pennsylvania map – it’s a full ... Mauch Chunk Museum provides broader context for the town’s development through interactive exhibits detailing coal mining ...

Pennsylvania - Abandoned Town, Coal Fire, Ghost Town 02:21 - Thurmond, West Virginia - Historic Town, Abandoned Railroad, National Park 04:04 - Cisco, Utah - Ghost Town, Mining History ...

Photo credit: Frederik Togsverd Tucked into the foothills of the Pocono Mountains, this former coal mining town has reinvented itself as one of Pennsylvania’s most enchanting getaways without losing ...

From coal mining and steel manufacturing to oil and gas drilling, the story of the landfill mirrors Pennsylvania’s. “There’s a lot of pride in this town about being a town where industry and ...

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office in 2025, he has unveiled an ambitious plan to breathe life back into struggling coal mining ... towns in Kentucky, West Virginia, and ...

The body of a missing grandmother was discovered four days after she fell into a sinkhole while looking for her cat in an abandoned coal mine town about ... to the family," Pennsylvania State ...