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Following is a roundup of Lehigh Valley retail and business news. Click each headline for the original source and additional information. The Bethlehem location of a Lehigh Valley-based pub announced its reopening following a fire last fall. Pints & Pies Bethlehem at 21 E. Elizabeth Ave. was damaged by the...

A family was displaced and a firefighter was injured while battling a two-alarm blaze Tuesday night in Bethlehem. Flames ignited just after 11:30 p.m. at the home along Covington Avenue, City Deputy Chief and Fire Marshal Craig Baer said. Crews arrived to find smoke billowing from the home’s windows, WFMZ-69 News...

New national campaign celebrates Bethlehem as a year round destination. USA Today nominated Bethlehem’s Main Street as the best in America. Vote daily through April 6 at votemainstreetbethlehem.com. A new “Our Star Shines All Year Round” campaign will support Bethlehem tourism. Bethlehem, PA (March 9, 2026) –...

L. MACUNGIE TWP., Pa. – A fast-casual restaurant chain is expanding its footprint in the Lehigh Valley. A new location of QDOBA Mexican Eats, a fast-casual Mexican restaurant chain with approximately 840 locations in 45 states as well as in Canada, Puerto Rico, Japan and South Korea, is coming soon to 6216 Hamilton...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Jury selection got underway Monday in the homicide trial of two men charged in the deadly shooting of a Bethlehem man in Allentown nearly three years ago. Adalberto Morales-Ortiz and Axel Fontanez-Morales are facing homicide and assault charges in the death of 27-year-old Jose Tirado-Ramirez....

Before Jessenia Cordero finished serving her prison term for a $4.3 million in a tax fraud scheme, the wheels were in motion for her next scheme, federal authorities allege in court records. The new scheme to defraud the federal government of COVID relief funds and tax returns has netted the...

NORRISTOWN — Prosecutors want to call an expert in the subculture of outlaw motorcycle gangs to educate jurors about such groups when nine members of the Pagans biker club head to trial later this year on charges they conspired during a confrontation and shooting with the rival Unknown Bikers Motorcycle Gang outside...

St. Patrick’s Day is Braveheart Highland Pub’s busiest day of the year—even though the Hellertown restaurant serves up the food and culture of Scotland, not Ireland. Thank heaven you don’t have to be Irish in every sense of the word to take part in celebrating the wearin’-o’-the-green holiday. That Braveheart does...

An Action News viewer sent in a video of an overnight barn fire on Tuesday in Bucks County.

WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. – The departure of a prominent clothing brand and the upcoming opening of a popular restaurant chain’s first Lehigh Valley location are just a couple of the updates at the Lehigh Valley’s largest shopping mall. The Lehigh Valley Mall, at MacArthur Road and Route...