Parryville News

In the eight years, from the April 1, 2000 Census to the current estimate of July 1, 2008, Pennsylvania's population has remained relatively stable a ' going from 12,281,054 to 12,448,279, an increase of 167,225 people, or about 1 percent.

Emergency workers at work during a rescue on the Lehigh River between Parryville and Bowmanstown in Carbon County on Saturday afternoon after several rafts of the White Water Challengers overturned.

A woman was rescued on the Lehigh River on Saturday afternoon, after becoming separated from her group when three rafts turned over.

Democratic and Republican nominations for offices of mayor, council and supervisor in six municipalities that comprise Lehighton area municipalities were decided on Tuesday when voters participated in Primary Election 2009.

All six municipalities that comprise the Lehighton Area School District have Primary Election contests on Tuesday, May 19.

BOB FORD/TIMES NEWS A tanker from the Bowmanstown Fire Department is parked along Oak Street in the Meadow Crest section of Bowmanstown as heavy smoke from a raging forest fire billows in the background.

A smoother ride is in store for drivers in parts of Carbon County. Officials broke ground today on a new project to replace two bridges crossing the Lehigh River and the Pohopoco Creek on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Parryville.

The most expensive project ever on the Pennsylvania Turnpike's northeast extension -- a $101.6 million job that for the first time will replace a main bridge in the road's 52-year existence -- began in earnest today in Carbon County after nearly three months of site preparation.

A bridge that carries up to 13,000 vehicles a day from the Northeast Extension to tourist areas such as Jim Thorpe and the Poconos will be replaced this summer, officials said Wednesday.

A Summit Hill man who has been accused of setting a series of brush fires in Carbon County last spring, waived his right to a preliminary hearing before District Justice Bruce Appleton of Palmerton on Tuesday.