Anthracite coal

The region's anthracite mining past will be brought to the surface with a new coal breaker at Eckley Miners’ Village. The multi-million-dollar breaker also will symbolize the once unique landscape of the region.

Events this weekend will educate, entertain and raise money for Special Olympics Pennsylvania.

Paddle down the Lackawanna River, test your knowledge at trivia night and learn about coal mining history in NEPA.

Though most of the workers who died in the Avondale Mine Disaster were immigrants, the former president of the Plymouth Historical Society was determined they be remembered as Americans. The current board hopes Giving Tuesday will help them purchase a flagpole and solar light to realize that dream.

Dump trucks lined up in Luzerne on Monday. Crews dumped clean fill into Toby Creek to close a mine subsidence that opened on Sunday along the waterway near Luzerne Lumber. It’s stifling the downstream flow of water and forcing it underground.

Four miles of records. That’s what Industrial Archives and Library acquired Wednesday. The historic preservation company in Bethlehem is now the owner of a huge chunk of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s anthracite mining history.