POTTSVILLE — When Tom Hartz was a young lad in the 1950s, dragline power shovels had pretty much replaced the hardy miners that harvested coal hundreds of feet beneath the earth’s surface. Still, ...

A regional observance of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month takes place in January and a variety of programs will be featured in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Plymouth, Pittston, Ashley, Hazleton, Hazle Twp., ...

In the mid-1700s, the earliest area anthracite mines offered secure employment for local residents. Nearly 250 years later, regional mines still provide jobs. The Department of Environmental ...

Jul. 20—WILKES-BARRE — Kneeling on all fours near a Luzerne County stream, Bobby Hughes peers intently at a mesh net containing wet sticks, pebbles and possibly living clues as to whether this ...