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Lehigh Valley Economy Continues to Shape Regional Growth Across NEPA
From warehousing and logistics to healthcare and tech, the Lehigh Valley economic engine has NEPA-wide effects
The Lehigh Valley — anchored by Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton in Lehigh and Northampton counties — has become one of the fastest-growing economic regions in the Northeast, and its grow...
Local Board Meetings Remain the Backbone of Democracy in NEPA Communities
School boards, township supervisors, and county commissioners make decisions that shape daily life — and most meetings go uncovered
Across northeastern Pennsylvania, thousands of local government meetings take place each year — school board sessions, township supervisor gatherings, borough council...
Plan would turn Lehigh Valley farmland into more than 300 homes, commercial space
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission flags quarry proximity, sinkhole risks, and scale concerns for proposed Saxton Walk development in North Whitehall
A 114-acre stretch of farmland at the intersection of Mauch Chunk Road and Cedar Crest Boulevard in North Whitehall Township could become a mixed-use...
As dirt bike complaints increase, Lehigh Valley lawmakers want to strengthen penalties for illegal riding
State senator's bill would add ATVs and dirt bikes to fleeing-police statute, boost consequences for repeat offenders
State Sen. Nick Miller wants to give Pennsylvania police stronger tools to go after illegal dirt bike and ATV riders on Lehigh Valley streets, introducing legislation that would to...
PPL, Met-Ed electric bills set to increase in Lehigh Valley. Here are the details.
Lehigh Valley customers face higher electricity costs starting June 1, with PPL bills rising twice in five weeks
Electric bills across the Lehigh Valley are about to get more expensive. Customers of both PPL Electric Utilities and Met-Ed will see rate increases take effect June 1, and PPL customer...
Jeff Glazier, longtime Allentown city controller, former Council and school board member, has died
Allentown's financial watchdog spent nearly three decades in public service and quietly delivered thousands of beds to children in need
Jeff Glazier, the longtime Allentown city controller who spent close to three decades serving the city in elected office and on the school board, has died. The ca...
Allentown man charged with attempted homicide; allegedly stabbed woman multiple times
Amir Whitehurst, 43, accused of stabbing 49-year-old woman in domestic incident on Saint John Street
Allentown police have charged a 43-year-old city man with attempted homicide after he allegedly stabbed a woman multiple times during a domestic incident Monday afternoon.
Officers responded to t...
Father, son charged in Election Day explosion
Catasauqua pair had 17 homemade explosive devices in their truck, authorities say
A father and son from Catasauqua are facing felony charges after they allegedly threw a homemade explosive device from a pickup truck just feet from a polling place on primary election day.
Matthew Pletz, 56, and J...
'Facelift' for Allentown's Center Square breaks ground; construction to continue through summer
Downtown intersection at 7th and Hamilton gets $5.8 million overhaul to expand pedestrian space and reroute traffic around historic monument
Allentown broke ground Monday evening on the long-planned Center Square Plaza project, a redesign of the city's most prominent intersection that will elimina...
Allentown lawmakers support bill that would restrict large data centers to a few dozen properties
City council committee backs new zoning limits as AI-driven demand sweeps through Lehigh Valley
Allentown City Council is moving to tighten rules on where data centers can operate, responding to a wave of proposed facilities across the Lehigh Valley that has prompted environmental and infrastructu...
'This error is on us, and we own it': Lehigh County addresses mail ballot error ahead of 2026 Primary
Clerical mistake sent thousands of Lehigh County voters incorrect primary ballots
A clerical error in Lehigh County's elections office resulted in more than 4,600 voters receiving incorrect or unrequested mail-in ballots ahead of the May 19 primary, after staff accidentally used a year-old voter f...
Allentown man convicted in 2022 slaying on city street
Jury returns first-degree murder verdict in 2022 West Allen Street shooting
A Lehigh County jury convicted Steven M. Rosa, 32, of first-degree murder on Thursday for the fatal shooting of Tywon Deleva Abner, 33, nearly three years ago on an Allentown street.
The verdict, returned May 15 after a...