Northampton County News

Bethlehem Area, Northampton Area and Saucon Valley will all continue sending their students to the vocational-technical school. This agreement comes after months of tense debate about the school's future.

U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Lehigh Valley, has four office locations, including two in Lehigh County. Bilingual services are available in the new Center City Allentown location that opened this week.

Also citing presidential executive orders, NASD could up going over its coursework with a fine-tooth comb.

Northampton Area School Board approved its role in the deal, while Bethlehem Area School Board is up for the same vote in the coming weeks.

These siblings make peanut butter to support finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes. The chronic disease has affected one of their young sons and requires lifetime management.

Eagles running back Saquon Barkley broke Terrell Davis' record for most rushing yards, including the postseason, in a single year as the Philadelphia Eagles routed the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.

A recycling facility at 799 Smith Lane in Northampton Borough caught fire Tuesday morning. The fight to extinguish it could stretch into Wednesday, officials said.

A contentious land-use battle is underway, and it's headed to the Pennsylvania's Environmental Hearing Board. Both sides are confident they'll win.

Nazareth-based Martin Guitar will showcase new guitars, including an acoustic double-neck, at the National Association of Music Merchants trade show in Anaheim this week.

School directors had to choose from seven options for updating Moore Elementary, ranging in cost from $15.5 million to $70 million.

The REAL ID federal enforcement deadline is approaching. Driver License Centers throughout Pennsylvania are opening their doors for "REAL ID Days" on Mondays — when they're typically closed — to exclusively process REAL ID's.

Family Promise of Lehigh Valley invited community members to a screening of the film that stars Ashanti, William Baldwin, Beverly D'Angelo and Ty Pennington.

Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure says he'll run for Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District seat in 2026, seeking to bring the seat back under Democratic control.

The hourlong program focuses on how the Trump administration's new efforts to crack down on immigration are affecting the Lehigh Valley.

Easton Mayor Sal Panto Jr. attempted to correct a statement conflating immigrants with crime made at a council meeting during their Wednesday, Feb. 26 meeting, though not all council members or community members appeared to accept it.

Easton legend and former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes was honored on Wednesday with a watercolor portrait for his work with St. Luke's University Health Network.

Wilson Borough Council officially vacated the seat of Scott Palinkas at their Monday meeting, citing his numerous absences and public conduct as justifications for the decision.

The LVPC Environment Committee on Tuesday approved a proposal by Lower Nazareth Township to modify its Agricultural Security Area program. The ASA program lets farmland owners enroll their properties in an ASA, which then is managed by a municipality.

Wilson borough solicitor Stan Margle III acknowledged drug charges levied against him at Monday's council meeting, with members of council expressing support as he faces drug possession charges.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has released further details of the arrest made at Northampton County Prison on Friday, again accusing Northampton County Prison of not cooperating. County Executive Lamont McClure challenges that.

Projects in Lehigh and Northampton counties were approved to get state funding by the Commonwealth Financing Authority on Monday, Feb. 24. Funding for the roadway upgrades in Northampton County alone amounted to more than $1.5 million, with a project in Lehigh County bumping that total to more than $2 million.

Ashley Rodrigues, a Moravian University student, recently attended Super Bowl LIX with Living Sport, a sports experience company. As a communications major, with a dream to go into sports broadcasting, she said it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.