The Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce & Industry joined with local entrepreneurs Wednesday night to launch an initiative for college students.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has awarded $996,713 to 134 small businesses across the state to invest in energy-efficiency or pollution-prevention projects.

The city of Reading on Saturday met to discuss the future of a long-term lease of its city-owned water system.

Kutztown University President F. Javier Cevallos has officially been named the 16th president of Framingham State University in Massachusetts.

The frequent snow this winter hasn't been kind to PennDOT's piggy bank.
The agency has already plowed away about 70 percent of its $3.4 million winter maintenance budget for treating roads and removing snow in Berks County.

State Sen. Judy Schwank is leading the effort to support a bill that would expand and hasten creation of special development zones that Reading missed out on last month.

Pennsylvania ranked fifth among judicial foreclosure states with 14,000 completed foreclosures over the last year, according to November data released by California-based CoreLogic.

Penn National Gaming Inc. of Wyomissing has formed an alliance with Miami-based Carnival Corp., operator of Carnival Cruise Lines, to offer cruise benefits to players club members at 18 Penn National-operated casinos in the United States.

The Greater Berks Development Fund announced Wednesday that Eagle Brass Co. has been approved for a $600,000 loan from the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority.