In this year, while Ohio celebrates its birthday and America is engaged in a 250-year celebration, my efforts ought to be focused more on history. A couple of weeks ago, a piece came through from the ...

Power shovels used to excavate the earth have proved essential to the mining industry, including open-pit and coal mining in the United States, for 150 years. Made up of a boom, dipper stick and ...

An update on the old wooden longboat frozen along the Ambler River that was rescued last fall — and where it likely ended up.

Frontier cowboys, coal miners, buffalo hunters, prostitutes, saloon keepers and lawmen did dangerous, dirty work in the frontier West. Dynamite, ...

FAIRMONT — The tragedies keep piling on for Mike Zemonick. Fire struck Zemonick’s building on Pennsylvania Avenue Thursday night, adding another tragedy to a long list. “It’s bad luck, I guess,” he ...

An exhibit on death, mourning and burial customs will explore traditions in the region at the 16th annual Coal Miner’s Heritage Festival Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the No. 9 Coal Mine and Museum ...

When it comes to motorcycles, Harley-Davidson is more than just a brand; it’s a cultural icon. For over a century, it has built bikes that don’t just get you from point A to point B, but ones that ...

Two massive electric shovels work at the mining site of the ChinaCoal Pingshuo Development Group's East Open-pit Mine in Shuozhou, Shanxi province. ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY A technological revolution ...

The 40th Annual Tamaqua Heritage Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in downtown Tamaqua. The event, organized by the Tamaqua Historical Society, will be held on South Railroad Street ...