State & Regional News

A group of officials have secured $1.5M in state funds to help build more parking spaces at Lehigh Valley International Airport.

Speakers at the Juneteenth flag-raising ceremony at Allentown City Hall on Thursday emphasized the amount of work yet to be done in guaranteeing equality for all.

The Delaware River was chosen as the commonwealth’s River of the Year. It was celebrated Wednesday with a festival.

A bridge replacement project will require a shutdown of the Northeast Extension between the Lehigh Valley and Quakertown exits this weekend and again on Monday.

With temperatures in the low 90s and heat indices spikes toward 100, showers and thunderstorms are expected in the area by early evening.

Easton late last month became the third major city in the Lehigh Valley to seek certification through Bird Town Pennsylvania, an annual designation focused on community-based conservation.

Severe storms, dangerous heat and rising humidity are in the forecast for the Lehigh Valley. Here's what to expect this week and into next.

Tick season is in full swing in the Lehigh Valley. In addition to blacklegged ticks, those most often associated with Lyme disease, the invasive Asian longhorned tick also calls the Valley home.

Political Pulse host Tom Shortell talks with Fabian Fellmann, a U.S. correspondent for a Swiss daily newspaper, about what brought him to the Lehigh Valley.

A New Jersey man was struck and killed late Monday night while pushing his disabled SUV on Interstate 78 in Northampton County after running out of gas, state police said.

The governor's office estimates there are 30 to 50 pregnancies per year in the state prison system.

The state is also distributing grants to encourage electrifying fleets for local governments and police forces.

Wolf is reaching for the big bucks in his final year in office, despite the immediate protest from Republican lawmakers in the majority.

The little guy with the cleft lip was rescued from Harley's Haven Dog Rescue.

Carbon and Schuylkill are among the 43 counties that will benefit from the federal funding.

Advocates for immigrant rights argue detention is inhumane and unnecessary.

Local legislators react with praise and caution.

LEPOCO Peace Center organizes Lehigh Valley vigils in support of de-escalation.

The state Supreme Court now will make the ultimate decision on congressional seat boundary lines.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro sent lawmakers a letter with six proposals to fill vacancies.

PennDOT said bridges are inspected every two years, and those with weight restrictions are inspected annually.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission approved the updated maps 4-1 and now the public will weigh in on the maps.