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After a washout Saturday in the Lehigh Valley, forecasters say a parade of storms could easily produce another 2 to 3 inches of rain or more over the next week.

Brad Klein reviews the week’s astronomical highlights with Bethlehem’s "Backyard Astronomy Guy," Marty McGuire.

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.

Lehigh Valley Breathes aims to monitor air quality amid emissions from trucking and warehousing. Here's the February update.

“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.

After over a year of both the local pub and Macungie Diner being empty, businesses are re-emerging in the borough to the delight of patrons whose options have been limited.

The Northeast part of the country is seeing a surge in norovirus cases. A doctor in the Lehigh Valley explains what it is, how to avoid it, and ways to get through it.

East Penn will be introducing American Sign Language and math foundations courses for the next school year.

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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