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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A Trump administration order cutting off some federal grant funding left providers of key social services racing to figure out if they would still receive critical funding.
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Bethlehem Township's planning commission voted Monday to recommend conditional use approval for a 12-building, 264-unit apartment complex.
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Democrat Amy Cozze, who oversaw Northampton County's elections in 2020 and 2021, will run for county executive this year, she announced Monday.
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The Jewish Community Center of the Lehigh Valley, Muhlenberg College Hillel and the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley unveiled Sunday a new memorial to victims of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.
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Democrat Theresa Fadem, Vice President of the Hellertown Borough Council, announced this weekend that she will join the race for one of Northampton County Council's five at-large seats.
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Northampton County Controller Tara Zrinski will run for county executive, she announced Friday.
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Northampton Community College announced agreements Thursday for three Pa. universities to accept NCC coursework toward four-year degrees.
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Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure will not run for a third term in office this year, he said Tuesday, touching off a wide-open race to replace him.
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On Monday, Greater Shiloh Church's MLK Day speakers celebrated King's legacy, and explored what lessons his life offers in the face of a second Trump presidency.
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This year's Auto Mania automotive flea market wrapped up Sunday at the Allentown Fairgrounds. Though snow kept many attendees home Sunday, vendors and organizers said brisk business Friday and Saturday more than made up for it.
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East Penn School Board voted Monday to pause work toward realigning grades 5-8. District officials will again study possible alternatives.
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Administrators of the Northampton County-owned Gracedale nursing home shared a new strategic plan Thursday. One key priority: recruiting new nurses and nurse aides to fill hundreds of open positions.
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In June, North Whitehall supervisors rejected plans for a 500,000-square-foot warehouse called Nexus 78. The proposal could return from the dead, after developers filed a land use appeal in Lehigh County Court.
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Northampton County's district attorney will not press charges in a fatal single-vehicle motorcycle crash, officials announced Tuesday.
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Between delayed state funding and federal cuts, Second Harvest Food Bank does not have enough food to meet demand, its leaders say.
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The United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley will absorb the Lehigh Valley Justice Institute's research staff and operations, the nonprofits announced Thursday.
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Lehigh County's board of commissioners moved toward adopting a capital spending plan for 2026-30, laying out nearly $122 million of spending on more than 100 projects.
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Northampton County officials announced a new agreement with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 13 Local 1265, officials announced Monday, giving some court employees, 911 center supervisors and workers at the Juvenile Justice Center an 11% raise over the next three years.
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Nearly 100,000 passengers flew through Lehigh Valley International Airport last month — the best June on record, airport authority officials said.
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The Trump administration announced in late June that it would not pay out more than $6 billion allocated through six grant programs created by Congress. For Parkland School District, that works out to $410,000 in lost funding.
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As a key early vote approaches, several East Penn school board members again raised concerns Monday over plans to realign its middle grades, and how much the project will cost.
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South Whitehall Township's planning commission voted Thursday to delay a vote to approve Parkland High School's planned expansion. Township staff gave the school district plenty to do before they return to seek land development approval.