Since 1962, a fire has burned beneath Centralia, Pennsylvania, a once-bustling mining town that is now home to only a handful ...

MELCROFT, Pa. — Company towns used to dot the landscape in the rolling hills of southwestern Pennsylvania, where coal mining drove commerce in the early 20th century — and left a legacy of ...

Centralia, Pennsylvania has been on fire for more than 60 years, and will likely continue to burn for decades more. Why?

Advocates point to hundreds of jobs and the tax revenue, but opponents of the ICE facility say it's not worth it.

Not every dying town can be saved. Girardville, a shell of itself in Schuylkill County coal country, could go either way. Will something new rise from the coal dust? Or will Girardville continue its ...

Can a town in steep decline still chart a future, or is its fate already sealed? That question anchors a new Pennsylvania-focused podcast debate sparked by PennLive’s four-part series on Girardville, ...

As the September evening inched along, the line of residents waiting their turn for the microphone held steady. Filing down the auditorium aisles at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, they were ...

Today, little remains of the once-thriving mining town of Centralia, Pennsylvania.picture alliance/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Over 60 years ago, Centralia, Pennsylvania, was a bustling coal ...