Carbon County News

Weatherly Area's revenue projections are expected to fall in 2010-2011, but school directors say they're aiming to keep any potential tax increase within the state index.

Next year is the year of the un-COLA in state government. Consumer price index numbers released Wednesday showed slight deflation in the Philadelphia metro region in the last 12 months, meaning no cost-of-living adjustment for Gov.

A Carbon County man sentenced to death after a jury convicted him of murdering two people in a botched Allentown robbery has been granted a new trial after a judge ruled the prosecutor biased a jury with ''improper and highly prejudicial'' statements.

The Japanese term ''shiatsu'' refers to a type of massage, so it's redundant to say ''Shiatsu massage parlor.'' It's like saying ''massage massage parlor,'' or ''Rio Grande River.'' The words ''shiatsu massage'' have appeared several times in news stories, and not always about the massage parlor at the center of a legal dispute involving North ...

Carbon County commissioners may be forced to raise real estate taxes to keep Weatherwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Home in Weatherly afloat.

Carbon County has filed a lawsuit against Panther Valley School District to try to recover tax records and commissions from 2000 to present.

Crews in Carbon County are searching for a woman who has been missing for more than a week now.

The borough of Jim Thorpe is a big tourist attraction in the Poconos, because of its famous namesake.

A man is in the hospital today after being shot in the face during an argument in Carbon County.

A Monroe County man is in jail under $1 million bail today after allegedly shooting a 31-year-old Carbon County man in the face during an argument last night.

Family members of 1912 Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe said they plan to sue for the return of his remains from a Pennsylvania town named in his honor.

A woman who walked out of a bar in Franklin Township on Wednesday hasn't been seen since.

A small, one story cabin in Lehigh Township, was destroyed by fire, late Saturday night.

When soldiers become veterans, you'd think their fighting days would be over. But too many veterans in the Lehigh Valley and across the country have been forced to wage an endless battle -- for benefits from their own government.

A building which holds a lot of memories for some is coming down in Carbon County to make way for senior citizen housing.

With 60 percent of the vote, Republican Steven Serfass defeated Democrat Carole Wildoner Walbert Tuesday to become Carbon County judge, according to unofficial returns.

With 34 percent of the electorate voting Tuesday, Swinesburg polled 192 votes, while Tax Collector Joan Hinkle garnered 203 votes in her unopposed bid.

State police are looking for the person or people who threw two large rocks and a large stick, damaging two vehicles near the East Side Inn in Carbon County late Friday night.

Another teachers strike could be brewing this time in Carbon County. Teachers in the Lehighton Area School District voted to reject the school board's final contract offer yesterday.

So, what do you call these guys, these friends who just happen to make movies together.