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                Stephanie Sigafoos/LehighValleyNews.comEric Dowdle led Lehigh County’s prosecution against two former Allentown vice officers before state attorneys took over those cases.
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                Courtesy/Dischinat familyNancy Dischinat served as executive director of Workforce Board Lehigh Valley for the past 27 years, helping build an environment of skilled workers that created a sought-out business environment.
 
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                        The 10th annual Luncheon with the Authors, a fundraiser of Society of the Arts – the nonprofit organization supporting the Allentown Art Museum, was held Thursday at Lehigh Country Club in Lower Macungie Township.
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                        Some of the money will be used to purchase new breathing equipment for firefighters.
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                        The monkeypox outbreak has similarities to the HIV epidemic in the 1980s, but how do the two compare? Lehigh Valley health experts weigh in on how the viruses differ.
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                        A tractor trailer truck helped herd a group of about a dozen escaped goats safely back home in Macungie last week.
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                        Lehigh County is sitting on $1.7 million for opioid abuse treatment. And millions more are on the way.
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                        Franklin Graham, son of the late evangelist Billy Graham, is hosting an event at the Allentown Fairgrounds with Christian rock band Newsboys and artist Marcos Witt.
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                        Lehigh County is committed to keeping the IronPigs at Coca Cola Park and may be prepared to present an additional $3 million to help the organization afford needed stadium upgrades.
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                        The Lehigh watershed has among the highest amounts of chemicals linked to reproductive health issues and cancer released into it in the country, according to anenvironmental advocacy group.
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                        The decision drew cheers and applause from a crowd of roughly one hundred people gathered, but township supervisors could overrule the recommendation.
 
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                        More than half of the $18B coming to the state will go toward fixing roads and bridges.
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                        Survivors of and advocates against human trafficking gathered in the Bethlehem Rose Garden on Nov. 9, 2021 for a candlelight vigil to raise awareness.
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                        School districts will establish their own policies in January.
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                        The governor said he will turn over masking decisions to local school officials on Jan. 17.
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                        Measures claiming to promote “energy choice” in Pennsylvania appear to be gaining momentum in the legislature.
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                        Kids aged 5-11 can now receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Shots are already being administered across the Lehigh Valley.
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                        Wolf again urged the Legislature to raise Pa.'s minimum wage to $12 an hour.
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                        More kids in Lehigh Valley can now get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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                        Local health providers are rolling out plans to vaccinate children ages 5 to 11 for COVID-19.
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                        A back-and-forth battle on Election Night ends with Armstrong saying he's captured a 2nd term.
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                        A major Lehigh Valley race is still too close to call. As of 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, the Republican challenger for the Lehigh County executive, Glenn Eckhart, barely trailed behind incumbent Phil Armstrong, a Democrat.
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                        At the Lehigh County Government Center, the hub for election results in Lehigh County, there wasn’t as much foot traffic inside the actual polling room on the main floor.