Lifelong coal miner David A. Lucas breathes into the plastic tube attached to a computerized machine in a small room in Blue Mountain Health System's Gnaden Huetten campus. The machine assesses Lucas' ability to breathe.
Lucas, of Hegins, has Black Lung disease, caused by inhaling coal dust. The dust builds up, hardening and scarring the lungs. It can trigger other health problems, including heart failure.
The monthly meeting of the Carbon County Democratic Executive Committee has been rescheduled.
Instead of meeting on the first Thursday of the month, the committee will meet on Thursday, Sept. 9, at 7...
The Pennsylvania Black Lung Coalition has named the Gnaden Huetten campus of the Blue Mountain Health System as the exclusive provider in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The coalition's goal is to bring...
State Reps. John Siptroth and Mike Carroll announced they will hold their 5th annual Monroe County Senior Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 10 at the West End Fairgrounds in Gilbert.
The free...
Six area residents were among 21 who entered guilty pleas to criminal charges recently in Schuylkill County court and were sentenced by Judge Charles M. Miller.
West Penn Township has received seven bids for the construction of a recreational park off of SR443 near the border of Schuylkill and Carbon counties.
Dubbed West Penn Park East, the property along...
