In the midst of a long, repetitive process, it’s easy to get lost in the fog of monotony and mind-numbing minutia

Over an astonishing 14 terms as state representative for the former 115th District, Ed Staback took strong stands for the preservation of wild spaces and the protection of the recreational rights of h...

On Wednesday, Lackawanna County started a doomsday clock for invasive AI hyperscale data center developers

I had decided against penning a sendoff to Bob Bolus, who died last week at 83. Public reaction to his passing changed my mind

Americans are still struggling with how to remember and compartmentalize the reality of Sept. 11, 2001.

The 9-episode hearing for the Wildcat Ridge Data Center Campus in Archbald ended Wednesday with a last, pathetic gasp from the applicant’s chief advocate and an expression of relief from opponents.

In almost any setting, I find the presence of Frank Scavo intolerably toxic. I was happy to see him on Sunday afternoon at Old Forge Fire Department Headquarters.

I’ve heard the shared stakes in resisting data center development described countless times over the past year or so, but rarely as plainly as Valley View School Board Director Joseph Farrell put it.

I never thought I’d say this, but thank God for President Donald J. Trump

By the time James Cianci brought up the atomic bomb, Ansel had taken shelter under the table.

With the hatchback closed, Lori Remus’ Toyota Venza betrayed no indication of the “subversive” supplies stacked inside. Derek Sutcliffe’s pickup is no food truck, but its bed was quickly converted int...

Fearing for my sanity and fidgety as an itchy toddler in church, I fled the Valley View High School auditorium for a quick breath of fresh air and a few hits of nicotine on the sidewalk outside.

Like most Americans, I’ve long been familiar with the phrase, “kicking the can down the road.” I was surprised to learn that it’s a relatively new addition to the voluminous list of idioms that became...

The shuffling parade of paid advocates for the Wildcat Ridge Data Center Campus have made such an airtight case against their own proposal, they are desperate to block Archbald Borough Council from vo...

Chris Kelly Opinion: The data center invasion is an outside attack engineered by beings from another world.

In the fight against invasive data centers, there’s more than enough common ground to accommodate everyone.

“The Langoliers” is one of Stephen King’s best short stories. Originally published in the anthology “Four Past Midnight,” it was adapted into an absurdly awful ABC TV miniseries that aired in 1995, wh...

Already “blessed” with six proposals for invasive data centers, borough residents received unsolicited “love letters” from a seventh suitor last week.

ChatGPT uses too many dream sequences and Gemini won’t stop describing characters.

Tuesday’s reorganization meeting of the Lackawanna County Democratic Party should be seen as a promising pitch for transparency and togetherness, and a repudiation of factionalism.

Cops have used Flock's FreeForm search feature to look for people with tattoos and wearing specific sport shirts, and searches sometimes include the target's race, according to data reviewed by 404 Me...

It isn’t easy to sum up a serpentine, seven-month process in a few syllables, but J. Michael Spencer made it sound effortless.

The “artificial intelligence” data center invasion is the modern version of the boiling frog experiment — with humans as captive lab rats and billionaires stoking the Bunsen burners.

The crowd at Valley View High School for a hearing Monday on the proposed Wildcat Ridge data center campus was treated to expert testimony that reflected actual expertise.

I was just 9 years old when America celebrated its 200th birthday, but I remember the Bicentennial as a national wellspring of joy, gratitude and unity that’s almost unimaginable today.

State Democratic Party Chairman Eugene DePasquale gave outgoing Lackawanna County Democratic Machine Chairman Chris Patrick the swift spanking he earned.

The Lackawanna County Democratic Party Machine escalated its war on democracy last week with “letterbombs” addressed to Democrats who dared to exercise their Constitutional rights as Americans

“Attenuation” is one of many technical terms with which I’ve become grudgingly familiar over untold hours of “expert” testimony coughed up by a parade of paid apologists for the data center invasio

On a glorious American morning, my better half nudged me awake with a goofy grin and a plan to flip my Saturday script. “Wake up, honey,” she purred. “There’s something I want to do today.”

In show-business parlance, the star attraction of Monday’s marquee event at Valley View High School was “bumped for time.”

I’ve spent so much time in the Valley View High School auditorium over the past six months, it’s beginning to feel like my alma mater.

Three Amazon data centers are still under construction, but local residents are already paying at least $10.60 extra per month for them, according to a new study.

A new software update is turning off the AC in Amazon delivery vans after 10 minutes or 30 seconds under certain conditions.

The lush, tranquil farmlands of Lancaster County might seem a strange setting for reflection on the existential menace of “artificial intelligence,” but the Big Picture bled at the red edges of every ...

Microsoft's CEO seems unaware of what's going on at his own company.

ICE plans to give potentially more than a thousand agencies access to a facial recognition app that verifies a person's immigration status.

In 1999, a farmer gave away 87 acres of land to a small Texas city to use as a park. The city sold to a data center developer for $10 million.

These are tough times for the Con Artist Formerly Known as President Donald J. Trump and his captive audience of 343 million Americans

As two gray, straight white guys who grew up on different sides of the Reagan ‘80s, David Snyder and I might have been judged an odd couple to show up at Sunday’s Pride flag raising

The governor’s impromptu visit to Archbald to weigh in on data centers was a photo-op that backfired, and not just for him.

Sudden tragedies test human capacity to respond in real time. Our alleged leaders caught flat-footed on data centers fall back on the ancient excuse, “No one could have seen this coming.”

Some products sell themselves. If it looks good, smells good, sounds good, tastes good, feels good and is somehow good for you, too, consumers will line up to buy it.

The process of voting in Tuesday’s election proved that for all of technology’s advances, there is no substitute for human input.

Lackawanna County commissioner has defied the odds by taking a stand.

Most people born in the second half of the 20th century have seen all or parts of “The Exorcist.” Released the day after Christmas in 1973, it is still spectacularly scary and one of the most profitab...

No physical punches were thrown, but Thursday’s debate between state Sen. Marty Flynn and newcomer Jeffrey Lake was feistier than the average rhetorical rumble.

Thursday’s 22nd Senate District Democratic debate between Jeffrey Lake and state Sen. Marty Flynn is one that anyone interested in data center development should pay attention to.