The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Friday announced more than $4.8 million in Direct Care Worker Job Quality grants that will be used for programming to improve workplaces a...

Commuting to work using public transportation just got a bit more pleasant for many in the Lehigh Valley.  The Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority (LANTA) said it has completed the late...

A new real estate office has opened at 622 Linden Street Bethlehem.  Broker-owner Eric Leadbetter said he formed Acre and Estate with a desire to work with a group of people he loved and trusted.  ...

Mechanicsburg-based Emerge Education is partnering with an online learning platform to address stress and burnout among health care professionals and administrators.  Emerge said it and The Great C...

Fulton Financial Corporation announced the closing of $287.5 million offering of common stock.  Fulton’s public offering of 19,166,667 shares of its common stock were at a price to the public of $1...

The Southside Bethlehem Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) has launched a new financing program.   This program is geared to give startups access to low-interest capital for components and inventory to...

Center Valley-based Olympus has unveiled a new Digital Video Monitor for endoscopy.  The device is an all-in-one video processor and monitor for use with single-use endoscopes for both bronchoscopy...

Legislation requiring employers to have written policies and procedures for preventing harassment, discrimination and retaliation against employees has passed the state House of Representatives. Ho...

Baby Boomers, who began turning 65 in 2011, will be at least that age by 2030. One in six people in the U.S. is 65 or older today. The Baby Boomer age group has grown almost five times faster than the...

Jim Boscov, chairman and CEO of Boscov’s, received the Richard J. Caron Award of Excellence from Caron Treatment Centers Wednesday night during a fundraising event.  The Richard J. Caron Award of E...

A Wyomissing-based nonprofit that supports the disability community has promoted its chief operating officer to CEO  The IM ABLE Foundation has announced that Alex Pilkington has taken over the rol...

Lehigh Valley is the leading metro area for health care in the nation and Harrisburg-Carlisle ranked 13th, according to The Leapfrog Group.  The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit fo...

Legislation to modernize the state’s Public Utility Code to improve high-speed internet access moves to the full Senate for consideration.  The Senate Communications and Technology Committee approv...

The Monroe County Habitat for Humanity has named Scott J. Fabian as the organization’s new executive director.   “Scott is not new to our organization,” said Habitat president Barbara J. Hill. “He ...

The Lehigh Valley is getting a new Sheetz location.  The convenience and gas station chain has a grand opening planned for Thursday, May 2 at its new store at 1780 E. 4th St., Bethlehem.  The gr...

After recent increases, motorists are seeing a little relief at the pump, but just a very little bit.  The average price for a gallon of gas in Pennsylvania is 1.7 cents lower this week at $3.802 p...

It’s National Small Business Week and state officials were in Bethlehem to mark the occasion.  Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Deputy Secretary of Business Finance Mandy Boo...

A startup at Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ Tech Ventures in Bethlehem was the winner of the organization’s 20th annual Venture Idol.  Ilico Genetics is developing the first methylated DNA based...

A Philadelphia-based fast casual restaurant chain is expanding its footprint north.  Honeygrow, which is known for its made-to-order stir-fry, salads and honeybars, has opened a location in Doylest...