Ryan Gaylor
Northampton County reporterI’m LehighValleyNews.com’s Northampton County reporter. Before moving to Easton in September of 2022, I reported on state government and hosted All Things Considered for KGOU, Oklahoma City’s NPR station.
In 2021, I graduated from the University of Oklahoma with dual degrees in dramaturgy and journalism. Outside of the newsroom, I love listening to podcasts, bothering my dog, seeing theatre, and helping my friends write plays. Contact me at RyanG@lehighvalleynews.com or 610-984-8208.
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The airport authority's board of governors will vote next month on whether to consider new rules for companies competing to work on the authority's construction projects. -
The North Whitehall Township Planning Commission voted Tuesday to recommend waiving the land development approval process for a proposed new barn at the Lehigh Valley Zoo.
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The 70th anniversary of Allentown’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade included more than 90 community groups and marched through the streets of the West End on Sunday.
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At a virtual town hall Thursday, U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Lehigh Valley, said he did not support cuts to Medicare or Social Security, called for peace in Ukraine, and gently pushed back on how the Trump administration handled cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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Officials from the Transportation Security Administration visited Lehigh Valley International Airport Tuesday with a collection of simulated bombs in tow.
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The Parkland School District's board approved a comprehensive plan Tuesday, laying out the district's priorities for the next three years.
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Bethlehem Area School District's board approved $47.6 million in contracts Monday to build the new Fountain Hill Elementary School — coming in nearly $3 million under budget.
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Nonprofits catering to LGBTQ+ people in the Lehigh Valley are doing what they can to push back on recent executive actions, support their community and fight for their survival as organizations, their leaders say.
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Northampton County Council approved a new agreement Thursday with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees which gives raises to the union's members working at Gracedale nursing home.
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Former Hellertown police chief Robert Shupp pleaded guilty to charges of theft and forgery for stealing tens of thousands of dollars from borough coffers.
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A second Raising Cane's restaurant, proposed for Hanover Township in Lehigh County, received its first approval from municipal planners Tuesday. It joins another Cane's proposed for Lower Macungie Twp. last month.
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The Berks Fiddle Festival, an annual celebration of folk music, held its 40th anniversary edition at Bear Creek Mountain Resort on Sunday. "It's the music that's in my heart," said one festival-goer.
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A new mural at Lehigh Valley International Airport, unveiled Tuesday, greets passengers in the tunnel from the terminal to the parking lot.
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Northampton County Council rejected amendments to county 'responsible contracting' rules Thursday, blocking a bid to make county construction contracts more friendly to non-union firms
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Parents accused of medical child abuse, formerly known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy, criticized the doctor they say is behind the false claims against them, and asked Northampton County to intervene.
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Volunteer pedestrians crossed Main Street in Northampton Borough over and over Wednesday afternoon as local police watched to catch drivers failing to yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk.
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After a vote by the Bethlehem Twp. Board of Commissioners Tuesday night, developers behind a parking lot for Amazon's delivery vans have another year to meet conditions of the project's approval.
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WLVR's Ryan Gaylor talks with reporters Molly Bilinski and Olivia Marble.
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The annual festival is a way to share Dominican culture, food and music, and to celebrate Allentown's large and growing Dominican community.
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Emmanuel United Church of Christ will soon become 12 "deeply affordable" apartments, built inside of the building's sanctuary by nonprofit Ripple Community Inc.
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Northampton Co. officials want more transit funding. Transportation planners say it's hard to changeThe next long-term plan for the Lehigh Valley's transportation projects gives more funding to Lehigh County's projects than Northampton's. Northampton County officials say it's unfair, and will be for decades to come.
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A new problem-solving court is aimed at keeping military veterans charged with crimes out of jail by treating and addressing the underlying causes of criminality.
