HNL Lab Medicine is celebrating the opening of a patient service center at Mt. Bethel Plaza on Thursday with a ribbon cutting hosted by the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce.   The event will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.  HNL Lab Medicine’s new location offers walk-in appointments and wait times are typically less ...

Vinyl Press Signs & Graphics has moved to the borough of Emmaus. 

PursueCare, a virtual addiction recovery and mental health treatment company, is opening a clinic in Allentown. 

Indigo 52, Nazareth’s newest restaurant, will hold its grand opening Feb. 23 with the Nazareth Area Chamber of Commerce. 

Laura McHugh, associate vice president of marketing & communications for the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, will be this year’s recipient of the Athena Award from the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce Women’s Business Council. 

House & Land Real Estate will hold its grand opening Thursday, with the support of the Hellertown-Lower Saucon Chamber of Commerce, a partner of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce.

There seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel with the COVID-19 pandemic as vaccine rates begin to pick up in Pennsylvania. Still, many are frustrated with the slow pace up until this point – especially in getting vaccines to those working with the public who aren’t health care workers or teachers in group 1a of the state’s vaccine roll out.

As businesses begin to return to operations, recalling employees, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce is pushing for what it calls Safe Harbor protections for businesses against COVID-19 related lawsuits.

Tyrone Russell, owner of Faces International, a marketing and advertising agency in Allentown, knows what racial inequality feels like. As a Black business owner launching a business eight years ago, obtaining financing was a challenge. After being turned down several times he finally secured a $15,000 loan, but at 10% interest. The lack of financing hampered the growth of his firm.

“We have not seen numbers like this since the 1930s and it took three years to get there,” said Kamran Afshar, director of the Kamran Afshar Data Analytics Center at DeSales University in Upper Saucon Township, which produces the index. “It is a frightening situation to be in.