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Jai Smith

Jai Smith is the founder and editor-in-chief of Lehigh Daily, an independent, reader-funded news outlet covering Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton, Pennsylvania. Since launching it in June 2024, he has reported on Lehigh Valley government, development and community life, and he shoots the photos and video and builds the site himself. He has spoken on Lenfest Institute panels about local news, appeared on WHYY, and works with Free Press on Pennsylvania legislation to fund local journalism. He lives in Bethlehem.

349 articlesSince 2024

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Pennsylvania House amends kratom bill, adding 12% tax and 180-day wait on synthetic ban

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania House voted 200-3 Wednesday to rewrite a bill that would keep natural-leaf kratom legal for adults 21 and older, adding...

Oct. 2, 9:13 p.m.

Indivisible Lehigh Valley Bethlehem plans rainbow chalk rally at City Hall for National Coming Out Day

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Indivisible Lehigh Valley Bethlehem plans to hold a National Coming Out Day rally Oct. 11 outside Bethlehem City Hall. Participants will chalk...

Oct. 2, 7:14 p.m.

St. Luke’s opens $252 million Heart Hospital at Anderson Campus in Bethlehem Township

BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP, Pa. — St. Luke’s University Health Network opened its $252 million Heart Hospital at the Anderson Campus on Friday, adding 140 beds and...

Oct. 2, 6:37 p.m.

Taste of Bacon Fest preview in Easton offers early look at PA Bacon Fest 2026

About 80 to 100 people sampled bacon burgers, empanadas, maple bacon ice cream and cocktails Saturday at Taste of Bacon Fest in Easton, a preview of the 15th PA Bacon Fest on Nov. 7-8.

Sept. 28, 8:16 p.m.

Lehigh County smart ballot-box plan draws security, rollout and RF questions

LEHIGH COUNTY, Pa. — Lehigh County is considering five new “smart” ballot drop boxes that would expand 24-hour ballot access and create detailed electronic audit...

Sept. 14, 12:08 p.m.

Phantoms ‘manager of fun’ jailed in Allentown on child sexual abuse material charges

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A Lehigh Valley Phantoms employee whose team-assigned job title was “manager of fun” is in Lehigh County Jail on $100,000 bail, charged...

Sept. 12, 10:50 a.m.

Lancaster County coroner rules 6-week-old Amish infant died of measles as Pennsylvania outbreak hits 577 cases

LANCASTER, Pa. — A 6-week-old Amish girl too young to be vaccinated died of measles in Lancaster County on Aug. 18, the county coroner said,...

Sept. 6, 7:50 p.m.

Pennsylvania Lyme cases near 19,000 a year, but the state still doesn’t count the other disease the same tick carries

GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania reported more than 16,000 Lyme disease cases in 2024, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Babesiosis, a...

Sept. 5, 3:13 p.m.

Lehigh Valley singer Kendal Conrad to open for Warren Zeiders at Allentown Fair on her 35th birthday

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The last time Kendal Conrad saw a grandstand concert at the Great Allentown Fair, she was a high school student in the...

Sept. 2, 7:36 p.m.

Fake ‘MyChart Medicare Kit’ emails are hitting Lehigh Valley inboxes. Here’s what the scam looks like

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. — Emails and text messages promising a free “MyChart Medicare Kit” are reaching Lehigh Valley inboxes as part of a nationwide phishing...

Sept. 1, 12:10 p.m.

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