Oct. 24—Three boys died and two were injured while picking coal from a culm bank that collapsed on top of them near the Henry Colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company in Plains Township on Oct. 23, ...

ARCHBALD – Fire crews struggled Monday to quench a blaze burning in a coal refuse heap at a borough park. Archbald Fire Chief Bob Harvey did not know what caused the culm fire at Ed Staback Regional ...

SWOYERSVILLE — Borough residents packed an American Legion hall Wednesday, armed with questions for local and state government agencies and leaders regarding the upcoming removal of a long-time ...

During a groundbreaking ceremony last summer, John W. Rich Jr. stood on a hill in central Schuylkill County and talked about his late grandfather, the founder of Gilberton Coal Co. At the ceremony, ...

SWOYERSVILLE -- To some, it’s a local landmark, others call it an eyesore. Either way, there are plans to remove a culm bank this year in Luzerne County. Newswatch 16 spoke to some business and ...

FELL TWP. – Driving north on Route 6 toward Carbondale, smoke from the culm dump fire in Fell Twp. drifts above birch trees that have sprouted on abandoned coal waste piles. Close up, the burning culm ...