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Despite their reputation as smoky, dank, and outdated, dive bars offer a sense of home and community while being living reminders of a neighborhood’s original character, and Bucks County has plenty of them to explore, write Michele Haddon, Jess Rohan, and JD Mullane for the Bucks County Courier Times.

The National Weather Service issued a Heat Advisory for the Lehigh Valley region from 11 a.m. Thursday through 8 p.m. Friday, as temperatures climb into the low to mid 90s. Real-feel heat index values, factoring in air temperature and relative humidity, are expected to reach above 100 degrees. This combination...

BETHLEHEM TWP., Pa. – A portion of Route 22 in Northampton County was closed Tuesday night after an accident sent one person to the hospital with injuries. Emergency dispatchers said a motorcycle and a vehicle crashed around 9:45 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of Route 22, just after the Route 512 interchange in Bethlehem

CHALFONT, Pa. - Authorities in Bucks County are searching for a man they say fraudulently identified himself as a customer who ordered $36,000 in silver. A Chalfont Borough resident ordered silver in the amount of $36,000 to be shipped to the Fed Ex store in North Wales on May 19, according to a news release from the C

EASTON, Pa. – A new destination for vintage goods – including pre-loved fashions, mid-century furniture and locally crafted products – is attracting swarms of shoppers in Northampton County. The Easton Vintage Market, presented by Lucky Gal Vintage in partnership with Easton Main Street Initiative, kicked off April...

PPL customers will see higher electricity rates beginning July 1 despite a new settlement aimed at limiting the burden of data center energy costs on small customers. The average residential customer will see a distribution rate hike of about 4.9%, paying about $184.49 per month total, according to the Pennsylvania Pub

JIM THORPE, CARBON CO. — The Carbon County Coroner's Office is asking for the public's help locating family members of a Jim Thorpe man who recently died. Officials said they are attempting to identify and contact the next of kin for Phillip Warren Mangum, 72, whose last known residence was in Jim Thorpe.

A Lehigh County Commissioner is proposing an ordinance that would prevent elected officials in the County from seeking higher office. If passed, the ordinance would force any county elected official to resign their position before running for something else. Commissioner Ron Beitler already has the ordinance drafted. "

A solemn procession and memorial service honored the 42-year-old officer, wife, and mother who died after a crash while on duty.

More than two decades after beginning her family medicine residency at St. Luke’s University Health Network, Dr. Nguyet-Cam Vu Lam continues to fulfill the mission that first drew her to the organization: caring for underserved patients while training the next generation of physicians. Lam, who began her residency trai