Northampton County News

Also attending were members of an opposition group that urged a boycott of businesses displaying the signs.

Window signs that proponents say promote kindness, inclusion come under attack from parent group.

A perfect storm of inflation, housing market issues, and gas prices have created a climate in which people need food.

Northampton County is now offering implicit bias training to local police departments as part of the county’s response to both national and local protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd.

Pennsylvania US Senator Bob Casey says a rushed confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett could impact healthcare for tens of thousands of people in the Lehigh Valley.

Mark and Patricia McCloskey - indicted this week for brandishing weapons toward protesters in St. Louis this summer - spoke at a rally in Lower Saucon Township last month. But their visit is still getting attention.

Lower Saucon Township may change the rules about who can use its municipal property. That comes after a GOP rally last month drew roughly 250 supporters to a park pavilion to hear from national gun rights activists.

Mark and Patricia McCloskey will hold a rally organized by the Northampton County Republican Committee.

As civil unrest flares up in some cities, the presidential election nears and the coronavirus pandemic enters its sixth month, more Pennsylvanians are arming themselves.

Members of the local LGBTQ community say they are unhappy with a voter referendum that would put their civil rights on the ballot.

The Special Olympics, like many sporting events, has cancelled in-person competitions, but its latest challenge is virtual and a Lehigh Valley athlete is one of the team captains.

With less than 100 days before the general election, Northampton County is already preparing for election day -- and tens of thousands of mail-in ballots.

Pennsylvania homeowners and renters are protected from eviction and foreclosure until August 31.

Every year, 2,000 Pennsylvanians die by suicide. That’s according to the nonprofit Prevent Suicide PA. In Northampton County, training sessions are helping community members learn how to save lives through what’s called the QPR model.

Easton Hospital union employees are worried about their future. Just over two weeks ago St. Luke’s University Health Network announced the purchase of the Easton Hospital in Northampton County, from the Steward Medical Group.