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 ...

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 ...

SWOYERSVILLE, Pa. -- Work to remove a culm bank from one Luzerne County community began this week. The massive culm bank in Swoyersville has been there for decades, and work has finally begun to ...

Dickson City officials hope removing a giant culm bank in the center of town will make way for housing. The state Department of Environmental Protection awarded $800,180 in grant funding to remediate ...

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 ...

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, 1934.

Many farms have a field corner or area of pasture that is too wet and boggy to graze profitably, often with the result it is fenced off or abandoned. But these wetland areas provide a precious habitat ...