Mine fire on Travel Channel
The Travel Channel will broadcast a piece on Centralia and the mine fire at 10 p.m. Sunday featuring interviews with Bob Gadinski, a former Centralia resident who now lives in Ashland, and former News-Item and Patriot-News staff writer and author David DeKok, who wrote a book about Centralia.
An infrared video aerial drone that shows the location of the fire will be included in the program, which will also include a segment on the Pioneer Mine Tunnel in Ashland and one of its tour guides.
The 60-minute show is "America Declassified," and the Centralia segment, which is part of the second or third segment in the program, is entitled "City on Fire." The segment was produced by Indigo Films for the Travel Channel.
Offices closed for holiday
COAL TOWNSHIP - The Coal Township Municipal Office and Street Department will be closed Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving. The Coal Township Recycling Center will be closed Thursday and will be open normal operating hours Friday and Saturday. The center will then be closed as usual on Sunday and Monday, but will also be closed on Tuesday.