Pennsylvania State Police Liquor Control Officers have now issued four notices of violation to businesses that failed to comply with COVID-19 mitigation efforts, one of which was in the Lehigh Valley.

Pennsylvania State Police Liquor Control Enforcement Officers made 1,709 checks on liquor establishments and issued 64 warnings over the weekend. That compares to last weekend when 1,524 checks were made and 44 warnings issued.

With confusion lingering over just what is and what isn’t allowed since the state issued stronger guidelines for COVID-19 mitigation efforts at bars and restaurants, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board today issued clarifying guidance.

Pennsylvania State Police say they issued another 44 warnings to bars and restaurants for COVID-19 safety compliance over the weekend. The warnings come from 1,524 checks of licensed liquor establishments in the state.

 As Pennsylvania’s rate of COVID-19 infections begin to climb since moving into the green phase of the state’s reopening plan, Gov. Tom Wolf is expected to issue new orders today that will that will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. July 16.

It’s June 26, the day that the Greater Lehigh Valley goes green in the state’s COVID-19 reopening plan. And, it’s the day area restaurants can begin offering indoor dining for the first time since mid-March.

U.S. Congresswoman Susan Wild, D-Lehigh Valley, introduced a bipartisan bill this week that would steer relief funds to restaurants, acknowledging that they have been particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the Lehigh Valley begins the yellow phase of the state’s COVID-19 reopening plan, merchants and restaurants in Bethlehem want people to know they’re open for business and safe to visit.

As restaurants in the Lehigh Valley prepare to offer dine-in service outdoors as the region moves to the yellow phase of the COVID-19 reopening plan, some cities are helping out by creating new spaces for diners.

Governor Wolf has now signed the bill allowing bars and restaurants to sell cocktails-to-go during the COVID-19 shutdown.