CENTRALIA, Pa. - Standing before the wreckage ... feeding on millions of tons of slow-burning anthracite coal in the abandoned network of mines beneath the town. At first, most Centralians ignored ...

The first known appearance of a steam engine in the valley can be traced back to 1864 when the Lehigh Navigation and Coal Company purchased a discarded wood burning locomotive in the Scranton area ...

The Trump administration has cut programs that protected workers from lung disease, aided those afflicted, and kept miners safe.

We bring you part 3 of our exclusive series, "Burning Coal Country." The first two parts were about an active mine fire burning underground in Schuylkill County and the response from the ...

The regional mine safety office in Hempfield remains set to close while three others in the state have received a reprieve.

Despite the mud and drizzle, spirits were high at the 2025 Arts on Fire Festival in Scranton this weekend.Held at the ...

A Swiss corporation — the largest commodity company in the world and one of the largest companies of any kind — is set to purchase five open-pit coal mines in southern British Columbia that ...

Gathering by the thousands in Hazleton, Pennsylvania for their annual meeting, most were Irish Catholic workers, miners many of ... crowd of 10,000 had left Scranton early that morning in long ...

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