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Crews are battling a massive brush fire on Blue Mountain in Carbon County that has grown to upward of 60 acres, fire officials say. Wesley Robinson, press secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, told lehighvalleylive.com the fire was initially reported shortly before noon Sunday. It broke out near the Lehigh-Carbon County border west of Lehigh Gap, outside Palmerton.

Plans for a restaurant and bar in Doylestown advance significantly after the Doylestown Borough Council approved a liquor license transfer. The Doylestown Borough Council recently approved an inter-municipal transfer of a restaurant liquor license, giving a major boost to plans for a new family restaurant and bar in the heart of the borough, writes Jeff Werner for the Patch.

The state’s unemployment rate went down. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate edged down in January, matching the national figure as the state reached a new record for total nonfarm jobs, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. The one-tenth of a percentage point decrease to to 4.3% from...

Camden, NJ defendant, free on bail, accused of similar felonies by Horsham Township Police on same day, according to court records. A Camden, NJ man is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly attempting to cash a fraudulent check at a Montgomery Township bank drawn on a business account of a Bucks County pizza shop.

ALLENTOWN – In its ongoing effort to preserve a foundational element of its heritage – agriculture – Lehigh County has added two more properties to its catalog of preserved farms. On Thursday, the state approved $493,414 to preserve a 25-acre crop farm in Upper Milford Township and...

LEHIGHTON, Pa. — A rollover crash on Interstate 467 in Carbon County has injured at least two people. According to 511PA, the crash happened around 7:42 p.m. on Sunday. Officials say the accident happened around mile marker 71.8 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The crash involved two vehicles, with one...

ALLENTOWN, PA — Officers from the Allentown Police Department’s Patrol Division responded to the area of 2nd and Linden streets for a report of shots fired at approximately 11:29 a.m. Thursday. Two males were initially detained. Through the course of the investigation, conducted by the Criminal Investigations Division,...

READING, PA — A man who failed to report to serve a jail sentence is now wanted on felony escape charges in Berks County. Dana Geissler, 34, of Oley, was sentenced on March 10 to 1–23 months in the Berks County Jail but did not report to begin serving his sentence.

LEESPORT, PA — Authorities are seeking a woman accused of carrying a concealed firearm without a license. Amanda Mitchell, 43, of Leesport, is wanted on a charge of firearms not to be carried without a license, according to the Berks County Sheriff’s Office. On March 5, 2024, Mitchell...

LEHIGH GAP, Pa. - Emergency crews are battling a developing brush fire in a mountainous area north of the Appalachian Trail late Sunday morning. 911 dispatchers say the initial call reporting the fire came in at approximately 10:15 a.m. The blaze is located between the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the Lehigh Gap, south of Palmerton.