The Express-Times

22 hours ago | lehighvalleylive.com | Kurt Bresswein

A 41-year-old Lehigh County man died Thursday from injuries suffered in an all-terrain vehicle crash earlier this month, authorities said. Joshua T. Clark was attempting to assist a disabled motorist when the crash occurred about 8:25 p.m. Wednesday, June 11, on Old Route 22 in Weisenberg Township, according to a news release Friday from Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio.

1 day ago | lehighvalleylive.com | Kurt Bresswein

A bill to fully repeal Pennsylvania’s ban on Sunday hunting passed the state Senate on Thursday. The proposal, House Bill 1431, gained approval June 11 in the state House of Representatives. However, a provision to allow the use of natural deer urine as an attractant was amended in the Senate to remove requirements for testing to ensure it’s free of Chronic Wasting Disease. Because of that change, another House vote is needed before the legislation goes to Gov.

3 days ago | lehighvalleylive.com | Kurt Bresswein

Community Bank announced Wednesday it is purchasing seven Santander Bank branches in the Lehigh Valley. Santander identified the branches as:100 N. Third St., Easton3120 William Penn Highway, Palmer Township1701 Chew St., Allentown924 Eaton Ave., Bethlehem1215 Chestnut St., Emmaus240 S. Third St., Coopersburg1240 Third St., Whitehall Township“All branches will remain open and all employees will be offered continued employment,” Community Bank said in a news release.

3 days ago | lehighvalleylive.com | Kurt Bresswein

Pennsylvania park officials are accepting public comment on a land exchange proposal that could reopen a once-popular waterfall trail to hiking. The proposal involves the Pennsylvania Game Commission conveying about 450 acres in Carbon County to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Bureau of State Parks. This land in Nesquehoning and Lehigh Township, just outside Jim Thorpe, surrounds the waterfalls on Glen Onoko Run, a Lehigh River tributary.

4 days ago | lehighvalleylive.com | Kurt Bresswein

A Pennsylvania Senate committee Tuesday narrowly backed a proposal already passed by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to open more Sundays for hunting. The Senate Game & Fisheries Committee amended a portion of the proposal, House Bill 1431, that would permit hunters to use natural deer urine as an attractant. The amendment removes a testing requirement designed to ensure it’s free from Chronic Wasting Disease, which has been spreading in Pennsylvania.