Another canary in the Coal Creek Commerce Center

The most recent slide near Home Depot appears to be large enough for concern, but also regulated to only that area at this time. Hopefully it stays that way and all will be fine ..

But nature has a way. And the location where this entire center is built on is historic and also at times always subject to be affected by natural earth changes and weather.

How to kill an area; Leave it

There has been an exodus from the coal region of Pennsylvania over the past generation.. high unemployment, economic conditions worse than other areas, and traveling to better jobs, all have forced younger people away from Schuylkill County .. And now the POTTSVILLE REPUBLICAN is sharing knowledge that has already been assumed: Most people who are … Read moreHow to kill an area; Leave it

Pottsville, PA, neighbors mourn loss of life after Mother’s Day Fire

This story hits me hard–and lots of other people in my area. Fires happen every day. But on Mother’s Day, when a mom loses her husband and all of her children, and her sister?? That just does not seem right, or just.. or possible.  But as I reported yesterday on here, it did occur this … Read morePottsville, PA, neighbors mourn loss of life after Mother’s Day Fire

4 Children, 2 Adults Die in Eastern Pa. House Fire

A dispatcher says four children and two adults have died in a house fire in eastern Pennsylvania. Schuylkill (SKOO’-kul) County emergency dispatch supervisor Bill Lindenmuth says the fire broke out around 11:55 p.m. Sunday at a home in Pottsville and that firefighters later found the bodies… The AP has picked up the sad news this … Read more4 Children, 2 Adults Die in Eastern Pa. House Fire