Bethlehem Council fails to pass short-term rental regulations, questions...
Bethlehem City Council deadlocked on a zoning amendment that would institute strict conditions on short-term lodging in the city, including requiring the homeowner to be present when a room is being...
View ArticleRegional rails suspended in Philadelphia after runaway barge on flooded...
Regional rail service was suspended Wednesday in Philadelphia after Tropical Storm Isaias raised the Schuylkill River and sent an unsecured construction barge into a bridge.
View ArticleYour View: Pennsylvania political leaders fail fracking test
Op-ed: In July, Gov. Wolf made a deal that hands out massive tax breaks to petrochemical companies, with the goal of increasing fracking being done in Pennsylvania. For those of us who have seen the...
View ArticleLess than half of the Lehigh Valley’s police departments have any kind of...
As the police reform debate takes center state, some departments are considering accreditation, but more than half of the Lehigh Valley's police departments don’t have any type of accreditation, and...
View ArticleSix tornadoes confirmed from Isaias, including in Bucks and Montgomery counties
Six tornadoes hit the region during Isaias but their strength hasn't yet been determined, the National Weather Service said.
View ArticleWednesday’s Musikfest Schedule
Wednesday's Musikfest schedule includes XPN Free at Noon, Martin Guitar Jam in Place and Virtual Musikfest Streams.
View ArticleBack to class: Parents must be ready to roll with changes as schools reopen
Column: My children will be going back to school in a few weeks, one to high school and the other to college. Frankly, I don’t know what to expect.
View ArticleNo Halloween Haunt this year as Dorney Park plans to wrap up season early
No Halloween Haunt this year as Dorney Park aims to wrap up season early
View ArticleDeep red Missouri becomes 38th state to approve Medicaid expansion under...
Voters made Missouri the 38th state to approve expanding Medicaid health care coverage to thousands more low-income adults.
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: 705 more cases added Wednesday; 21 counties...
The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Wednesday said there are 705 more cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total statewide since the start of the pandemic to 115,714.
View ArticleA B&B in Michigan got online hate for flying the Confederate flag. It was...
The couple have found another way to show their Scandinavian pride.
View ArticleMan charged with homicide in 2019 shooting of boxing trainer in Allentown
Police have charged a man in the 2019 fatal shooting of a boxing trainer in Allentown after a grand jury investigation.
View ArticleTropical Storm Isaias: Rainfall amounts around the Lehigh Valley area
While Isaias was downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it reached the Lehigh Valley, it showed no mercy, becoming the most potent and deadly tropical system to hit the area since Sandy. Even...
View Article“She loved everybody”: Lehigh Valley woman who died when her car was swept...
The woman who died Tuesday after driving into floodwater in Upper Saucon Township during Tropical Isaias has been identified.
View ArticleReport: Autistic 5-year-old who left house at height of Isaias found dead
Authorities in Montgomery County are searching for an autistic, nonverbal 5-year-old girl who left her Towamencin Township house Tuesday at the height of Tropical Storm Isaias.
View ArticleDe Blasio announces coronavirus quarantine checkpoints at ‘major entry...
Planes, trains, and automobiles will be randomly checked to ensure out of state visitors are aware of mandatory N.Y. quarantine COVID-19 regs.
View ArticleKutztown residents help each other out after Sacony Creek overflows
The Kutztown Fire Department temporarily evacuated 60 residents and pumped more than 40 basements after the Sacony Creek overflowed during Tropical Storm Isaias on Tuesday.
View ArticleKids on buses, internet access and lawsuit protection among issues as...
At a legislative hearing Wednesday, lawmakers were told that lawsuit protection, bussing and internet access are all issues as the state approaches the start of a new school year during the coronavirus...
View Article‘$600 is far too much’: Readers debate unemployment supplement
Readers debate: Should feds approve $600 unemployment supplement?
View ArticleOne thing Tropical Storm Isaias spared was Musikfest
Musikfest has had some washouts but was spared this year when the Monocacy Creek breached its banks during Tropical Storm Isaias, sending floodwater more than 4 feet deep across Bethlehem’s Colonial...
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