The School District of Philadelphia’s handling of asbestos in some schools was supposed to be the focus of the school board’s agenda Thursday, however the Department of Justice had other plans. “The ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Board of Education voted on Thursday to spend $34.4 million to hire multiple firms to remove asbestos from district schools and manage the process. The ...

What happens when a solution to one or many obstacles ends up becoming an even larger problem? For seamen, one such problem is asbestos. Asbestos is a natural fiber that was mined for use in ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — The Scranton School Board got an update on the asbestos situation at one of its intermediate schools. The 900 students at Northeast Intermediate have been out of their school since ...

Asbestos was mixed into the glue used to adhere blackboards and flooring in James Burd and Nancy Grayson elementary schools in Shippensburg. Now some of the rooms are being renovated, so the asbestos ...

WATERLOO — A $547,000 contract to remove asbestos from two schools slated for demolition will come before the Board of Education Monday. The board meets at 6 p.m. in the Education Services Center, ...