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PennDOT District 5, which includes the Valley, will improve 108 miles of road and 133 bridges. The total investment in the ...
PennDOT says it anticipates investing more than $1 billion in the region spanning Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, ...
Gov. Josh Shapiro visits the Bethlehem Fire Department on Friday, April 18, 2025, in Bethlehem. Shapiro discussed his administration’s commitment to investing in and supporting Pennsylvania’s ...
USA Today named two attractions in the Philadelphia region as top in the country. Bethlehem is home to the "Best Main Street" in the nation. The paper describes the Lehigh Valley city as super ...
A cross at the Easter Journey exhibition at Bethlehem Baptist Church. Photo/ David Hall Over the Easter weekend, 11 men will hang on a cross for an hour each in an “emotional journey” as part ...
The Cumberland County Historical Society (CCHS) announced that it has acquired a rare Underground Railroad letter dating back ...
Former President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt did a whistle-stop tour of Schuylkill County towns in October 1914. After arriving in Tamaqua on October 26, he journeyed to Pottsville, where he ...
Referred to as Colonel post-presidency, he was given what the Pottsville Republican called a “royal welcome” when he arrived at the Reading Railroad Station in Pottsville. “Here comes the ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Norfolk Southern reached an agreement with one of two companies about how much each side will help pay for a $600 million class-action settlement, which the railroad agreed to ...
Officials at Cincinnati's Freedom Center learned last week that the history they tell about the Underground Railroad conflicts with a revised version favored by the Trump administration.