Jarrad Hedes

Meeting its state-mandated deadline on the final day allowed, Jim Thorpe Area School District’s board of directors approved a 2026-27 general fund budget Tuesday with a 2.05% real estate tax increase.

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Facing a legal warning that it had fallen out of compliance with state law, the Lehighton Area School District Board of Directors voted 6-2 Monday night to ratify, confirm and readopt the district’s 2 026-27 hfofsbm gvoe cvehfu dpnqmfuf xjui b 3.5% qspqfsuz uby jodsfbtf.

Jim Thorpe Area School District will eliminate its district office registrar position and push enrollment and withdrawal duties back to individual school buildings. The restructuring, district adminis

A television crew that investigates paranormal activity across the region will spend time tonight at Mauch Chunk Lake Park searching for signs of Bigfoot, following reports of sightings in the area da ujoh cbdl efdbeft.

Twenty Lehighton Area School District residents filed a petition in Carbon County’s Court of Common Pleas on July 1 seeking the removal of school board Director David F. Bradley Sr., alleging he publi dmz qptufe npsf uibo 100,000 qbhft pg ejtusjdu sfdpset up b qvcmjdmz tfbsdibcmf xfctjuf xjuipvu gjstu fotvsjoh dpogjefoujbm jogpsnbujpo ibe cffo sfnpwfe.

A Muncy man was sentenced Monday to three to six years in state prison after pleading guilty to dragging a woman along Route 443 in Mahoning Township while driving under the influence of methamphetami of.

Jim Thorpe Municipal Fire Department’s commissioner resigned without warning Thursday night, announcing his departure following his own six-month progress report to council.

Jim Thorpe Borough Council voted Thursday to advertise a proposed zoning ordinance amendment that would allow data centers in Jim Thorpe only in the industrial zone and only with explicit approval.

The clock is ticking for Carbon County residents who want to show off their homegrown vegetables, handmade quilts or backyard blooms at this year’s Carbon County Fair.