The 2020 Lehigh Valley Auto Show, scheduled to begin March 18 on the Goodman Campus of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, has been postponed indefinitely.

“Should I keep my travel plans or not?” With the looming coronavirus threat, it’s a question many people in the region are asking themselves right now, and the answer is increasingly becoming “not.”

A German lighting company with locations throughout the world, said it plans to close its Bethlehem Township plant by July 17, which would affect 52 employees.

Travelers canceling or changing vacation plans because of the coronavirus are keeping travel agents busy, says Sally McCorrison, director of travel services for AAA East Central in Allentown.

Penske Truck Leasing, the Reading based truck rental company, has opened a new consumer and commercial truck leasing and maintenance facility in San Diego.  The facility was chosen because it is a mile away from the border of California and Mexico, one of the busiest ports in the United States for commercial truck traffic. 

Mack Trucks will not participate in a Las Vegas construction trade show March 10-14 because of concerns about the coronavirus outbreak.

Now that the COVID-19 coronavirus has appeared in the United States, experts are telling employers that it’s important to have a contagious disease policy in place.

The Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has installed eight “Welcome to the Pocono Mountains” signs at strategic points along major roadways to welcome the roughly 30 million travelers to the region each year.

With potential approval of its $42 million landfill expansion looming, waste disposal company Grand Central Sanitary Landfill of Plainfield Township plans to host several meetings to inform the public about the project.

Officials say River Pointe Logistics Park, a proposal for an industrial park on 725 acres in Upper Mount Bethel Township, has potential to attract manufacturers to the Slate Belt, a largely rural region of Northampton County.