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Courtesy/Office of U.S. Rep. Ryan MackenzieThe rich got richer in Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District race at the close of 2025. Campaign finance reports show Ryan Mackenzie, Bob Brooks and Ryan Crosswell raised nearly $1.4 million while Lamont McClure, Carol Obando-Derstine and Mark Pinsley each saw their campaigns lose money. -
Mike Stewart/AP PhotoA webinar Monday brought together regional planners, engineers and industry leaders to explain how data centers operate and what their growth could mean for local communities.
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Upper Macungie Township officials answered questions about the approval process of the warehouses on Air Products' land and the plan's design. -
The entire Lehigh Valley will remain under a flood watch through Sunday after another round of severe storms hammered the region. Tonight's Heritage Day fireworks show in Easton is postponed again, the city announced. Bushkill Park in Forks Township and parts of the Slate Belt were flooded.
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The disease, a relatively new and deadly threat to the American beech, has few treatment options and no known cure.
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A couple of factors play into the slumping local market.
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Lowhill Township supervisors denied a final plan for a warehouse owned by Core5 Industrial Partners, which is already in litigation with the township.
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The Community and The Arts Clean Up aims to combine community service and engagement through a tournament-style competition – with prizes for the team that fills the most trash bags – followed by a gathering with live music and food.
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The new service, run by Landline and American Airlines, connects typical airport gates in Allentown with gates in Philadelphia, like any regional jet.
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Three new pickleball courts were recently installed at Laurys Firehouse Park in North Whitehall Township. The township Recreation Department is offering lessons there.
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Upper Macungie Township will host a workshop for residents to give feedback on land-use law revisions. It will be held on July 25 from 6pm to 8pm in the municipal building.
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Rep. Susan Wild grows her war chest as the Lehigh Valley's 2024 congressional race starts heating upRep. Susan Wild, D-Lehigh Valley, announced Tuesday she's raised more than $600,000 toward her re-election in the last three months. The race for PA-7 may be among the most hotly contested in the country next year.
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South Whitehall Planning Commission on Thursday reviewed a sketch plan for a housing development 81 South Cedar Crest Blvd. The proposed development would be adjacent to Cedar Creek Park.
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Police declined to provide any additional information, but the rumor mill has the president stopping in at least one local business on his visit to the Lehigh Valley on Friday. East Penn and several other school districts plan to dismiss students early.
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South Whitehall Township Vacancy Board appointed Public Safety Commission member Chris Peischl to a vacant seat on the Board of Commissioners. Peischl ran for the board in the 2023 election.
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Lehigh County announced a new service that allows 911 operators to request live video communication from callers
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President Joe Biden will make his second presidential visit to the Allentown area on Friday. The planned trip comes a week after he launched his re-election campaign by calling out former President Donald Trump as a threat to American democracy.
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A severe rainstorm is expected to cause flooding that may impact roadways throughout the Lehigh Valley.
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The funding for four projects came from the Growing Greener and Act 167 grant programs, both through the state Department of Environmental Protection.
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Five farms in Lehigh and Northampton counties were the latest to be included in the commonwealth’s Farmland Preservation Program. The program aims to ward off development and protect open spaces.
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The Upper Macungie Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to make newly-elected supervisor Jeff Fleischaker the chairman of the board at its meeting Tuesday.
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The North Whitehall Board of Supervisors on Tuesday granted approval for a new recreation center at Valley Youth House's Camp Fowler. It will be called the Carter Family Center.
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January is National Radon Action Month, and officials from the American Lung Association are offering a limited supply of free radon test kits for commonwealth residents, including those in the the Lehigh Valley.
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Gavin Holihan took the oath of office Tuesday morning as Lehigh County's new district attorney. He said he'll divert resources away from penny-ante issues to focus on battling violent crime.
