Latino Community

Dozens celebrated Honduras’ independence with a flag-raising ceremony outside Allentown City Hall on Friday, the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month.

The flag is a combination of different Hispanic and Latino countries, forming a giant tree with symbols of growth.

The legendary salsa group performed their biggest hits and displayed perfectly-timed dance moves.

The hiring of a new executive director completes an extensive search, according to the board of the South Bethlehem facility. Victoria Montero served as executive director for the past five years.

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley has announced $310,000 in grants for 21 organizations serving historically marginalized communities.

This year's Puerto Rican Day Festival and Parade in Allentown shares the island territory's culture.

The Puerto Rican Day Parade and Festival returns on Sunday, July 23 to Allentown.

Accessorize your festing togs with a mug.

It's an opportunity to celebrate Hispanic culture during the theater’s Latino open-air block party on Saturday, April 29.

Salsa bands and Latin Rock will take over for the festival that celebrates Hispanic culture June 23 - 25 at SteelStacks.

PBS39 and WLVR’s Allentown mayoral debate May 6 was focused on Latino affairs and revealed the candidates' strong opinions about policing in Pennsylvania’s third-largest city.

Voters across the Lehigh Valley experienced long wait times Tuesday morning, but things were moving more quickly in Lehigh County by mid day. But as WLVR’s Tyler Pratt reports, wait times weren’t the only concern for some Spanish speakers at the polls.

WLVR’s Community Correspondent Genesis Ortega spoke with Jose Rosado, the first Latino to be elected mayor in the history of Pennsylvania - in Fountain Hill. He says that getting even a third of registered Latinos to the polls could swing the election -- but that political parties need to do more to reach those voters.

With the election just around the corner, Lehigh Valley activists are ramping up their work. As WLVR’s Ben Stemrich reports, they gathered at a block party in Bethlehem over the weekend to talk strategy.

Governor Tom Wolf says his administration is learning better ways to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on Latinos in Pennsylvania.

In the second episode of Census 2020: Why It Matters, we look at the challenges and importance of counting the Latinx/Hispanic and immigrant communities in the Lehigh Valley.