State & Regional News

Easton has secured $930,118 Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside program funding to replace the deteriorating Abbott Street Bridge, Senator Lisa Boscola announced this week.

Avian influenza, called bird flu, is threatening poultry and dairy cows across the country. Now, local doctors are monitoring the situation closely because it could mutate and become more serious for humans.

Easton's South Side and Allentown have been welcomed into Blueprint Communities, a program focused on training local officials to help foster improvements in local communities' quality of life.

Arcadia plans to tear down the SureStay Plus Hotel by Best Western at 300 Gateway Drive off Route 512 and replace it with a 250,000-square-foot warehouse. If the permit is approved, developers will be allowed to discharge stormwater from construction activities into the Monocacy Creek.

Local and state leadership on Monday met with the workers of Moravian Book Shop, The Flying Egg, Seasons Olive Oil and Vinegar Taproom, Donegal Square and Aardvark Sports Shop.

A local brain injury patient appeared at Home Care Lobby Day in the State Capitol this month to advocate for better wages for her home healthcare nurse. Wages for home health care employees are low and don't often get updates despite the cost of living going up.

A sun-splashed Sunday may have felt like the beginning of summer, but temperatures Monday soared into record-breaking territory, the National Weather Service said.

Ryan Mackenzie pulled off a comfortable win in the Republican primary for the PA-7 congressional race. He credited an army of campaign volunteers, but his 12 years in the state House and at least $419,000 of support from a super PAC helped, too.

Two Lehigh Valley municipalities this year participated in Penn State’s Local Climate Action Program. Here's how the program works to create a greenhouse gas inventory and, from those findings, a climate action plan.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission passed a settlement concerning PPL's incorrect billing issues which caused numerous issues with consumers from late December 2022 into 2023, though some commissioners were concerned about alterations to a civil penalty.

President Biden's Summit for Democracy has kicked off. China is not invited — but it's still trying to project its own narratives about democracy.

Baristas and other workers from three stores voted whether to unionize. Starbucks fought the plan. Now

Pa. is among the top in the nation for people hospitalized with COVID-19.

Residents of rural Pennsylvania counties could see better internet with help from the federal infrastructure bill.

Shapiro says Envoy Sage is run by a partisan actor and 'can't be trusted.'

The Japanese Barberry may look pretty but ticks that spread Lyme disease love living in them.

Pa. has designated $528 million in federal funds to help Pa.'s child care industry.

What are Pa.'s Senate Republicans getting for the $275,000 they are spending to audit the 2020 election yet again?

One third of Pennsylvanians have said the pandemic has affected their mental health.

Arguments before the Pa. Supreme Court will begin Dec. 8 but it is unknown when the decision will come down.

Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who's running for governor, has said he has reservations about the plan.

The daytime talk show doc announced his bid for U.S. Senate in Pa. last week.