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After dealing with warehouse vacancies, Lehigh Valley landlords are finding tenants

The latest figures from commercial real estate company CBRE show that empty space is being snapped up. The vacancy rate of 10.9% in the Valley is expected to be the high-water mark.

Aerial photo of warehouses in Upper Macungie. (Chris Shipley/The Morning Call)

Zeke Zelker, owner of Zekraft - Curators of Taste, talks with Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority Executive Director Tom Stoudt before cutting the ribbon Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at his new cafe at Lehigh Valley International Airport. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)

Zekraft sets opening day for new cafe in the Lehigh Valley

Exterior of the Lehigh County Government Center. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

Lehigh County selects new elections chief, who now awaits confirmation

The symbols of bitcoin and the stablecoin Tether (USDT) are displayed at a cryptocurrency store in Hong Kong on July 29, 2025.

A new way to get a mortgage expands options for younger home buyers

Pen Argyl Area High School held its prom Friday, April 24, 2026, at Woodstone Country Club in Danielsville. Students and their guests arrive at the high school ahead of the big night. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Lehigh Valley proms: All our photos from last weekend

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Legendary Lehigh Valley softball coach is honored with field dedication

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Long awaited Lehigh County bridge project set to begin

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Vehicle hits Lehigh Valley assisted living facility, forcing some evacuations over gas leak concerns
Vehicle hits Lehigh Valley assisted living facility, forcing some evacuations over gas leak concerns
Southern Lehigh High School Prom | PHOTOS
Southern Lehigh High School Prom | PHOTOS
Lehigh Valley food safety report: Mouse droppings and gnawed food on grocery shelves; moldy cheese; dirty equipment
Lehigh Valley food safety report: Mouse droppings and gnawed food on grocery shelves; moldy cheese; dirty equipment
After dealing with warehouse vacancies, Lehigh Valley landlords are finding tenants
After dealing with warehouse vacancies, Lehigh Valley landlords are finding tenants
Shots fired as gunman charges toward ballroom at White House correspondents’ dinner. Trump unharmed
Shots fired as gunman charges toward ballroom at White House correspondents’ dinner. Trump unharmed
Daily Horoscope for April 27, 2026
Daily Horoscope for April 27, 2026
St. Luke’s Half Marathon and 5K 2026 | PHOTOS
St. Luke’s Half Marathon and 5K 2026 | PHOTOS
Pen Argyl Area High School Prom | PHOTOS
Pen Argyl Area High School Prom | PHOTOS
Lehigh Valley proms: All our photos from last weekend
Lehigh Valley proms: All our photos from last weekend
A new way to get a mortgage expands options for younger home buyers
A new way to get a mortgage expands options for younger home buyers

Local News

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Arizona man sentenced in voter registration fraud in Berks, 2 other PA counties

The manager of voter registration efforts for an Arizona-based company, pleaded guilty Monday in Lancaster County Court to 3 misdemeanor counts of solicitation of registration,

Sports

Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Arturs Silovs (37) blocks a shot by Philadelphia Flyers’ Christian Dvorak (22) during the first period of Game 5 in the first round of an NHL Stanley Cup playoff series in Pittsburgh, Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Penguins beat Flyers again to force Game 6

Pittsburgh wins 3-2; series moves back to Philadelphia on Wednesday night.

Things to Do

Southern troops led by Rick Eisenhart, of Hellertown, as Friends of Camp Geiger hold the 8th annual Lehigh Valley Civil War Days at the Whitehall Parkway Recreational Area to commemorate the waning of the Civil War and the 150th anniversary of the battles at Fort Stedman and Appomattox, which took place in spring 1965. -//// MICHAEL KUBEL / The Morning Call —- Sunday June 14, 2015

Things to do in the Lehigh Valley this weekend: Wheels in your neighborhood, an Oscar winner and a trip to wartime history

Here are your best bets for fun this weekend around the Lehigh Valley.

St. Luke’s Half Marathon and 5K 2026 | PHOTOS

See photos from the 2026 St. Luke’s Half Marathon, the region's longest-running long-distance race, and 5K in Allentown.
35th annual Lehigh Valley Workers’ Memorial Day ceremony | PHOTOS
Students release 2,000 beneficial lady bugs | PHOTOS
Legendary Lehigh Valley softball coach is honored with field dedication
Southern Lehigh High School Prom | PHOTOS
Pen Argyl Area High School Prom | PHOTOS
Celebrating Earth Day at Covered Bridge Park | PHOTOS

Opinion

University of Scranton student Myira Bruno attends the Earth Day Fair with friends held at the University of Scranton's Loyola Science Center in Scranton Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG / MEDIANEWSGROUP)

Faith & Values: Earth Day is about environmental protection. Why that’s also a religious concern

There are theological and philosophical bases for caring for the natural world in many religious...

Crime and Public Safety

A Pennsylvania State Police vehicle. (Tom Gralish/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

Allentown woman, 73, dies days after Route 222 crash

A 73-year-old Allentown woman has died, four days after she was injured in a car...

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Business

FILE – A view of the Pompeii Archeological Park, near Naples, southern Italy, on Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Archaeologists at Pompeii use AI to reconstruct the face of a man killed in the volcano’s eruption

Man found holding a terracotta mortar, used as a shield from falling volcanic stones.

Pennsylvania News

The crowd reacts to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro while he speaks at a Centre County Democratic Party event at the Penn Stater hotel, April 11, 2026, in State College, Pa. (Marc Levy/AP)

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro tests political muscle in 2026 midterm elections

Josh Shapiro may be heavily favored to win reelection as Pennsylvania governor, but that doesn’t...

National News

An empty frame hangs on patterned green walls in the Dutch Room at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, where artworks were stolen in a 1990 art heist, April 9, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)

Inside the world’s largest art heist when over $500M of paintings were stolen from a Boston museum

Former FBI agent details how criminals pulled off the $500M Boston museum art heist

Allentown

Runners participate in the St. Luke’s Half Marathon on Sunday, April 26, 2026, in Allentown. More than 2,500 people registered for the 42nd running of the 13.1-mile race, the region’s longest-running long-distance race. The event also included a 5K race and Youth Run. (Sharon Merkel/Special to The Morning Call)

St. Luke’s Half Marathon and 5K 2026 | PHOTOS

See photos from the 2026 St. Luke’s Half Marathon, the region's longest-running long-distance race, and...

Bethlehem Area

The Visitor’s Center at the SteelStacks, pictured in 2013. (DENISE SANCHEZ/THE MORNING CALL)

CountryFest, a new free country music festival, coming this summer to SteelStacks

CountryFest, Artsquest's new country music festival, will be held Aug. 21-22 at SteelStacks in Bethlehem.