Beaver County Rep. Rob Matzie (D-16) said he is redoubling his efforts to get the Safer Rails, Safer Communities Act passed by the state Senate and signed into law by Gov. Josh Shapiro.
A significant step was taken toward understanding what caused a train derailment to occur in Lower Saucon Township earlier this month with the release Wednesday of a preliminary report prepared by National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials. However, many questions regarding what led to the accident remain.
While Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22, the Lehigh University community has been recognizing the spirit of the occasion by promoting sustainability and other green initiatives throughout the month of April as well as all year round.
It will be harder for some Lehigh Valley residents who depend on the Lehigh & Northampton Transportation Authority's (LANTA's) bus service to get around the area Monday, after LANTA announced the cancellation of some Jan. 3 trips on its routes due to what it said is "a high level of absences among bus drivers due to COVID 19."
A stage coach stop was located on Main Street in Hellertown in front of the former Park Hotel. At the hotel's station, fresh teams of horses were exchanged for ones that were exhausted.
In 1897, it was big news that a new trolley line would connect Hellertown to South Bethlehem, effectively making it much easier to travel between the two communities.
Planners from PennDOT are seeking public opinion on their plans to build a second, partial bridge to the east of Bethlehem’s Hill to Hill Bridge.
This week host Josh Popichak is joined by Jessie Shappell, Executive Director of ITNLehighValley, a nonprofit organization which provides affordable transportation services to seniors and visually impaired adults in Northampton and Lehigh counties
Local gas prices remain high compared with prices in other states, but when compared with what gas cost a few months ago the current price is a bargain.
The use of charter buses instead of school buses by Saucon Valley High School's Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter on an upcoming Hershey trip was called into question by school board member Susan Baxter at the board's Jan. 28 meeting.
