Ryan Gaylor
Northampton County reporterI’m LehighValleyNews.com’s Northampton County reporter. Before moving to Easton in September of 2022, I reported on state government and hosted All Things Considered for KGOU, Oklahoma City’s NPR station.
In 2021, I graduated from the University of Oklahoma with dual degrees in dramaturgy and journalism. Outside of the newsroom, I love listening to podcasts, bothering my dog, seeing theatre, and helping my friends write plays. Contact me at RyanG@lehighvalleynews.com or 610-984-8208.
-
Plainfield Township supervisors voted to consider a zoning change that would pave the way for the Grand Central Landfill to expand. It's the first of many, many steps in the process. -
The state Gaming Control Board voted Wednesday to renew Wind Creek's casino license, granting them another five years of operation.
-
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain visited Allentown on Sunday to rally union members for the Harris-Walz ticket and other Democrats on the ballot ahead of the Nov. 5 election.
-
StartUp Lehigh Valley, a "Shark Tank"-esque contest where startup founders pitch their companies to a panel of judges, awarded more than $33,000 in all to a handful of winners Tuesday night.
-
Senator Bob Casey and representatives from the Pa. Treasury celebrated the progress of the state's ABLE program, which lets people with serious disabilities save money without jeopardizing their benefits.
-
Dozens of former patients of Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit reunited with their prior caregivers Sunday.
-
House Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries visited Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District Thursday to promote their parties candidates. Democratic incumbent Susan Wild and Republican challenger Ryan Mackenzie are locked in one of the tightest U.S. House races in the country.
-
Northampton County Council began hearings Tuesday on the proposed 2025 county budget. Council members reviewed the General Government budget, including administration, fiscal operations, and the controller's office, among other divisions.
-
The Pennsylvania Senate passed a resolution Tuesday giving Revenue Secretary Pat Browne three days to come before the body and explain why he hasn't turned over records regarding the Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone.
-
C.F. Martin and Co., the storied Nazareth guitar makers, unveiled a new space where dealers, distributors and artists can design a custom model from start to finish.
-
North Whitehall Twp. kitten rescue Foxy's Cradle is changing their operations in an effort to comply with township zoning rules they were found to have violated. They're also preparing for a possible court fight to determine the rescue's future.
-
18-year-old John Bradley was charged in September with killing a mother and daughter in North Catasauqua. On Thursday, he pleaded not guilty to all charges.
-
First Presbyterian Church Bethlehem shared three draft plans, ranging from 220 to 320 units, for a proposed housing project on church property.
-
Activists, political leaders and students marched to Bethlehem's Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park on Monday to celebrate the civil rights icon's legacy.
-
The ice skating rink at SteekStacks, put on by ArtsQuest, will cap off its second winter in operation Monday. The nonprofit took a loss on ice skating there for a second year, according to the organizers.
-
Members of the Lower Saucon Township Council's new Democratic majority moved to undo property tax cuts introduced last month. They insist the move is not the same as increasing taxes.
-
Ignoring repeated warnings, some Lehigh Valley motorists find themselves stranded after driving through deep roadway water.
-
ArtsQuest's Three Kings Day celebration in Bethlehem Sunday brought crowds despite heavy snow the night before.
-
Developer: 'Does it hurt me? Yeah:' McClure asks council to repeal tax breaks for Slate Belt projectNorthampton County Executive Lamont McClure asked county council Thursday to repeal tax breaks for the developer of the planned River Pointe industrial park, less than a year after council voted to extend them.
-
In the wake of a trio of shootings in Allentown Friday night that left two dead and six more injured, some of the city's political, civic and religious leaders met Sunday to call for action.
-
Only some of the newest Northampton County elected officials are actually new to county government. The new slate of county elected leaders will take office Jan. 2.
-
Last-minute holiday shoppers filled Lehigh Valley malls Sunday, finding less crowding than recent weekends but at least as much frantic energy.
