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Lehigh Valley builders are trying to keep up with housing demand. How are they doing?
Coming into this year, the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission estimated that the area had a housing shortage of about 9,000 units. Midway into 2024, the LVPC reported that of the new development in the Valley, there were 3,512 housing units, including 1,042 single-family homes, 373 townhouse units, 1,953 apartments and 66 manufactured homes. When compared to 2023, it looks like the region is on ...
Update: Heat index values up to 106 degrees foreseen until Wednesday evening
An updated excessive heat warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Monday at 3:30 p.m. in effect until Wednesday at 8 p.m. for Berks, Lehigh, Northampton and Bucks counties. The weather service adds, "Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 106 degrees." "Heat related illnesses increase...
Lehigh Valley under excessive heat warning through Wednesday morning as ‘dangerously hot conditions’ return
The Lehigh Valley will have another few days of “dangerously hot conditions,” as temperatures reach into the 90s again this week. The National Weather Service placed the region under an excessive heat warning through Wednesday morning. Heat index values are expected to reach 102 degrees Monday and 104 on Tuesday. Lehigh and Northampton counties are under an excessive heat watch Wednesday as ...
Lehigh Valley Republican leaders, RNC delegates react to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump
Several Republican leaders in the Lehigh Valley said Sunday they are grateful former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt and that they believe the energy it has generated among Republicans could carry him to victory in November. Trump and three attendees were shot Saturday evening at a rally in Butler County. Trump was shot in his right ear, but his campaign said he was ...
Second annual Slate Belt Pride held in Bangor, organizers plan community center for at-risk youth
BANGOR, Pa. — Northampton County’s LGBTQ+ community turned out Saturday for the second annual Slate Belt Pride festival — an effort to create visibility and acceptance in a conservative region of the Lehigh Valley. “The goal of today is to bring our community together,” said organizer Marc...
Pa. politicians recall 1968 assassinations, call to cool rhetoric after Trump is shot at rally
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — As America gasped and grappled with an attempt on the life of former President Donald Trump, Lehigh Valley political leaders recalled the political violence of 1968. At the time, America appeared to be coming apart at the seams with anger over race relations and the Vietnam...
Boscola secures $2.2M for local housing
State Sen. Lisa Boscola announced June 13 that 10 affordable housing projects impacting the 18th District have been approved for up to $2.2 million in funding through the Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement Fund, which is managed through the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency. “The need to expand the amount...
3rd heat wave of summer rolling in to already-scorched Lehigh Valley
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Here we go again. Get ready for another round of extreme heat starting Sunday and continuing through the week. A heat advisory and excessive heat watch will be in effect for the Lehigh Valley and southeastern Pennsylvania. The heat advisory from the National Weather Service will be...
How bystander in Quakertown saved baby inside a 114-degree hot car. Mom now faces charges
A 33-year-old Northampton County woman is accused of leaving her infant son inside a car where the temperature reached above 100-degrees while she was inside a Quakertown business. A bystander who heard the child crying inside the unlocked car, removed the baby and took him into an air-conditioned business, while...
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