Schuylkill County

PennEnvironment representatives visited Hawk Mountain Sanctuary to discuss the need for a cohesive statewide plan for wildlife corridors to protect natural habitats and prevent wildlife from being killed on the road.

Temple University’s dental school, in partnership with the Tamaqua Area Community Partnership, located a site on Center Street for a proposed rural dentistry campus, which is set to open for students in time for the Fall 2026 semester.

In this story, you can find the results of contested countywide races and county judicial retention elections plus links to all county municipal election websites, where you can find the results of races for magisterial district judge, borough council, township supervisor, school director and, in a few cases, mayor.

Penn State Schuylkill survived. Now it’s time to thrive. That was the message from more than a dozen speakers on Monday, as Schuylkill County state legislators hosted a discussion about how the campus can expand.

Races for Scranton mayor, Lackawanna County commissioner, Luzerne County Council and judges top the Nov. 4 election ballot in region.

Food banks and pantries are relying on community support more than ever, with the state budget impasse delaying the distribution of funds, federal aid reduced by the Trump administration and the effects of the federal government shutdown.

October 16, 2025 - The state’s overdue budget is impacting area schools. Property taxes stay the same in a new budget proposal from Lackawanna County’s commissioners. And, schools see results from cell phone bans.

Chants of “No Kings” may return throughout Northeast and Central Pennsylvania during a nationwide day of “peaceful action” on Saturday. No Kings rallies are planned in all 50 states for Saturday, Oct. 18. They’re organized by groups such as the ACLU, 50501, and locally, Action Together NEPA.

Pennsylvania’s 9th Congressional District has twice as many Republicans as Democrats, but that isn’t discouraging a bunch of Democrats from trying to challenge off four-term Republican congressman Dan Meuser next year.

Geisinger's mobile mammogram bus will travel to several locations in Luzerne, Schuylkill and Snyder Counties this month.