Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MINERSVILLE — Local photographer and cultural historian Scott Herring, also known as “The Last Anthracite Photographer,” hosted an ...

For several years, a group of historians has worked to preserve the history of the anthracite coal region by creating informational boards and signs. The Anthracite Cultural Board, composed of 16 ...

Mining historian David Skoniecki describes the components of a carbide miner’s lamp during the Plymouth Historical Society presentation ‘The Tools that Kept the Miners Working’ at the First ...

Photographed in 1972, the coal miners pictured worked in Wanamie, Newport Township, one of the last underground coal mines operating in the 1970s in Wyoming Valley. WILKES-BARRE — Professor Bob ...

A regional observance of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month takes place in January and a variety of programs will be featured in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Plymouth, Pittston, Ashley, Hazleton, Hazle Twp., ...

We carved our present out of coal’s past. Regardless of what the county and region thrive on now, or how we forge the future, Anthracite coal forever sits at the heart of how we became who we are. It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eckley Miners’ Village will offer programs featuring leading writers and researchers of the anthracite region during "Energize ...

MINERSVILLE — Local photographer and cultural historian Scott Herring, also known as “The Last Anthracite Photographer,” hosted an in-depth presentation on Thursday about the coal region’s ethnic ...