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Students planning to enroll in various educational programs have until August 1 to submit their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to be eligible for a PA State Grant Award.

The roads were closed after damage inflicted by heavy rainfall on July 16.

Northampton County Emergency Management Services estimate countywide damages stemming from the July 16 flooding at $7.5 million. It expects that figure will climb as more municipalities report in.

Sen. Bob Casey has introduced the No Robot Bosses Act, which intends to protect workers' rights and regulate how companies use AI and algorithms in personnel decisions.

Sweltering conditions in the Lehigh Valley are forecast to end with a bang on Saturday, according to the Storm Prediction Center. But we have to make it through Friday first.

A statewide drought watch is still in effect, even amid rounds of severe rainstorms and flash flooding.

A July 13 media release stated that the Low Energy Evaporative Fractionation System will employ “an advanced foam fractionation process and proprietary techniques” to treat landfill byproducts.

Ryan Mackenzie, the longtime Lehigh County state representative, will need to emerge from a crowded Republican field to challenge U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, the three-term incumbent.

The average price for a gallon of gas in Pennsylvania is now 10 cents higher this week, and experts say the pain at the pump is likely to continue.

The Lehigh Valley is preparing for its first official heat wave of the year, with a stretch of 90°+ degree temperatures expected. A heat advisory is in effect from 11 a.m. Thursday to 10 p.m. Friday.

Founded in 2017, the company develops semiconductors for several applications.

Part of the Pa. Department of Aging, the team will focus on financial exploitation of seniors.

The vote will uphold the 2019 measure allowing any voter to use a mail-in ballot.

Activists are grateful to Gov. Tom Wolf for launching a suit that opposes proposed amendments to the state constitution.

Classroom space, laboratories and a visitor center will be part of the state-of-the-art facility.

Cindy Adams Dunn, secretary of the DCNR, dropped a big hint on where they'll be located.

Under the new rules, fines will stiffen and police will have more authority to confiscate vehicles.

Some say the app is still useful and could be adapted to other uses.

A program that provides universal free meals for kids started early in the pandemic.

As proposed, more than $750 million in new funding would go to schools throughout the state.

Text and chat capacity will be available after July 16.

It will carry the name of Christine Lambert, who died on Christmas Day in 2005.