Bethlehem News

Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board examined rail cars that derailed Saturday morning after a collision in the Steel City section of Lower Saucon Township. They also retrieved video from inward- and outward-facing cameras on each train, and data recorders in each locomotive. A preliminary report is expected in 3 weeks.

“In the next 30 days, we hope to have 80-percent of the superstructure demolished and 40- to 50-percent of the materials cleaned up and sorted,” Bethlehem Parking Authority Executive Director Steven Fernstrom said.

The National Transportation Safety Board says an eastbound train hit a stopped train on the tracks and derailed onto westbound tracks, where a westbound train collided with the wreckage. Photos from the scene in Lower Saucon Township showed multiple rail cars off the tracks.

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Andria Zaia, joined NMIH as curator of collections in 2016, was appointed to the top position by the museum's Board of Directors, according to a release.

All is moving according to plan for a new elementary school to go up in Fountain Hill Borough just in time for classes to start in August 2027. The project could cost about $60 million.

As part of Black History Month, we celebrate the contributions of local artists, dancers, actors and community leaders whose achievements stand out year-round.

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A half-dozen city leaders and environmental advocates highlighted the economic, environmental and public health benefits the implementation of clean truck standards could reap across the Valley.

Several calls came through to authorities at 3:15 p.m., with one caller reporting a female victim had been hit by at least one gunshot, police said. An investigation is ongoing.

Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney painted former President Donald Trump as an existential threat to American democracy during an hour-long lecture at Lehigh University Tuesday evening.