Pennsylvania coronavirus update: Cases in long-term care facilities top...
The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Monday said there are 601 more cases of coronavirus in the state, and online data also shows a recent decline in hospitalizations in the Lehigh Valley region.
View ArticleNew Pennsylvania guidelines say all Lehigh Valley schools should do virtual...
Pennsylvania is providing school administrators with recommendations on how to reopen based on the local rate of transmission of the coronavirus.
View ArticleHistoric Musikfest is in the books: ‘There was no way we couldn’t offer this...
Musikfest 2020 is in the books and it’s fair to say it was history-making. Never in the history of the 37-year-old event has it been a mostly virtual one.
View ArticleLafayette College expansion plans move forward despite objections: ‘I have...
After much debate, the Easton Planning Commission OK'd preliminary plans for a housing and wellness center with beds for 169 students.
View ArticleMan charged after party with hundreds of guests held at New Jersey mansion
A New Jersey man is facing charges after he allegedly threw a large house party in one of the state’s ritziest towns.
View ArticleIsraeli jeweler makes $1.5m gold coronavirus mask
An Israeli jewelry company is working on what it says will be the world's most expensive coronavirus mask, a gold, diamond-encrusted face covering with a price tag of $1.5 million.
View ArticleMajor gas explosion levels Northwest Baltimore homes, killing one and...
A major gas explosion ripped through three homes in the Reisterstown Station neighborhood in Northwest Baltimore, killing one woman and critically injuring at least seven others.
View Article‘Best we can hope for in an impossible situation’: Bethlehem Area School...
The Bethlehem Area School Board approved a reopening plan that will allow students to return to school in-person two days a week.
View ArticleUpdated: Find out how your school plans to reopen and keep students safe
A list of Lehigh Valley school health and safety plans for reopening during the coronavirus pandemic, including the Allentown and Bethlehem districts, suburban districts and charter schools.
View ArticleMost East Penn families opt for hybrid schooling
About 5,000 East Penn families will send their kids to school in the fall, while about 2,000 families are keeping their children in an entirely remote option.
View Article‘There is no money sitting in the piggy bank’: States strain to carry out...
Officials around the country are scrambling to figure out if it is feasible to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order to partially extend enhanced unemployment insurance for millions of...
View ArticleConstraints gone, GOP ramps up effort to monitor voting in Pennsylvania
The Republican Party heads into its first presidential contest this November free from decades-old legal constraints on the use of volunteers to monitor the polls on Election Day
View ArticlePerseid meteor shower: Lehigh Valley’s night owls could see some bright...
The Perseid meteor shower will peak in the late evening and early morning hours — think anytime between 9 p.m. tonight and dawn on Wednesday — with the best viewing hours around 2-3 a.m., according to...
View ArticleUnemployed, and no answers for unpaid claims: ‘Nobody should be treated this...
Column: Doug Daniel's unemployment claim has remained messed up for four months. His problem didn’t get resolved until this week, after I asked the state about it.
View ArticleYour View: To beat Trump, assume he’s right about polls
Op-ed by Make the Road Action: Those who wish to unseat Trump must invest all possible resources in mobilizing voters, particularly in working-class communities of color, to deliver an undeniable defeat.
View ArticleMexican and Japanese eateries to open alongside each other in Lower Macungie...
Fast-casual eateries Uno Taqueria and Takkii Ramen, offering Mexican and Japanese cuisines respectively, are set to open within the next couple of months alongside each other at 1042 Mill Creek Road in...
View ArticleMAP: Where people have died from coronavirus in the Lehigh Valley
MAP: Where Lehigh Valley residents who’ve died from coronavirus lived, based on information provided by Lehigh and Northampton counties.
View ArticleMan held for trial in Turner Street homicide, co-defendants take the stand
After his two co-defendants took the stand and blamed him for the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Elijaah Rodriguez, a judge on Tuesday ruled that Allentown resident Jamett A. Rivera must stand trial for...
View ArticleMost of Allentown City Council supports latest resolution on police reforms....
Allentown City Council will almost certainly vote Wednesday on a new version of the resolution, which now has the backing of most council members as well as Mayor Ray O’Connell’s administration. What...
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: 828 more cases reported Tuesday; Southwest...
The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Tuesday says there are 828 more cases of coronavirus in Pennsylvania, and its data shows the northeast region continues to produce fewer cases than the...
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