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Lansford has received a show of support from a neighboring municipality to draft a resolution opposing a countywide reassessment. Bowmanstown Borough Council unanimously agreed to send a letter to Car...

A Carbon County environmental group is again asking the commissioners to consider their plea to take a stand against using sewage sludge as a farming fertilizer. Brandon Fogal of Save Carbon County, a...

There have been 15 overdose-related deaths so far this year in Carbon County. Recognizing the drug problem gripping the area, county commissioners adopted a proclamation Thursday recognizing Aug. 31 a...

A $163,922 grant is in jeopardy of being lost after Carbon County again received no bids for general and electrical contracts for a proposed women’s shelter. On Thursday, the commissioners were schedu...

Carbon County commissioners know about the push for a countywide reassessment, but no one has approached them. And the county would have to pay for the process, Commissioner Chair Wayne Nothstein said...

The Carbon County computer system was recently involved in a cyber attack on its network. On Tuesday evening, Commissioners’ Chairman Wayne Nothstein provided a statement on the incident and how it is...

Carbon County is moving forward on extensive renovations at its historic courthouse in Jim Thorpe. On Thursday, the board of commissioners, in a 2-1 vote, approved four contracts for the project, whic...

Carbon County received just over $5,000 in unclaimed property from the state treasury recently and will put it toward maintaining its archives department. State Treasurer Stacy Garrity visited the cou...

A Lehighton borough official is frustrated with the outcome of a recent meeting to discuss traffic patterns. Councilwoman Autumn Abelovsky informed borough council this week of a meeting with Jim Thor...

Carbon County again adjusted the salaries of employees, as job descriptions and duties are reexamined following a salary study and new wage scale implemented at the start of the year. One of the salar...