With additions such as online games, the Pennsylvania Lottery is reporting a record year for sales and profits.

Five new early stage startup businesses have been accepted into the Lehigh Valley LaunchBox program at Penn State Lehigh Valley, where they will receive micro-grants, business development support and workspace to help them get established.

Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority officials agreed to accept four grants totaling $20,786,225 from the Federal Aviation Administration, with funds coming from the federal Airport Improvement Program. They will help the airport improve and upgrade its main runway.

Mid Penn Bank is seeking regulatory approval to open a new branch in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, according to a company statement.

The Doylestown-based Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center has launched a new funding arm to help its incubator clients and early-stage biosciences companies.

The Mandela Washington Fellowship program has brought the best and brightest young African entrepreneurs to Lehigh University for the summer. One such fellow, Tom Edison Shilongo of Namibia, talks to LVB about why the United States is falling behind when it comes to doing business with countries in Africa.

As purveyors of Bitcoin seek out mainstream acceptance, the cryptocurrency – arguably the best-known in a diverse field – may have just gotten a boost in Pennsylvania.

Santander will close one branch location in Bethlehem to consolidate its services with a Santander branch one mile away at 924 Eaton Ave. in Bethlehem.

A legal case over a stormwater levy enacted in 2016 by West Chester borough, one of dozens of municipalities around Pennsylvania that have added the fees over the last few years to cope with stormwater runoff and comply with environmental regulations, has pitted it against West Chester University, one of the borough largest economic engines.

ESSA Bank & Trust, a subsidiary of the holding company ESSA Bancorp Inc., said Tuesday that it had closed its Nazareth office at 14 South Main St. and relocated to 76 South Main St.