Scranton firefighters spent part of Tuesday at the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour in McDade Park training to extricate mine visitors in the event of an emergency. The training comes almost a year after ...

Scranton firefighters took their training underground Thursday, literally, at the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour in McDade Park to ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — Nay Aug Park is the place to be next ... We'll have free tours of the coal mine as well as free admission for older adults at the Everhart Museum," Lindsey Skripka of Meals ...

Happy Birthday to the Electric City!Scranton, Pennsylvania turned 159 years old Wednesday.Assistant Director of the ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — A nature restoration project is in ... of flora were introduced into the park area during the region's coal mining days, causing damage to the land. "Our goal is to bring it ...

127,600), hard by the Pennsylvania anthracite coal mines. Some of the Scranton union tactics were as simple as a tooth-busting fist. Others were more ingenious; e.g., threatening to douse the milk ...

Despite the decline of bituminous coal, anthracite demand has surged due to its use in steelmaking and other industrial processes. RBMN serves all eastern Pennsylvania anthracite mines, hauling over 1 ...

The walls are adorned with local memorabilia, framed newspaper clippings, and the occasional nod to Pittsburgh sports teams – ...