A group of a dozen teachers from the Allentown, Salisbury and Whitehall-Coplay school districts will be wrapping up a program at Lehigh Carbon Community College this week that is helping them get involved in developing students’ interest in STEM careers.

The debate over lifting Pennsylvania’s minimum wage is reverberating among small-business owners in the Lehigh Valley who worry about the consequences.

June 20 marked the 27th annual United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley’s Day of Caring, which is run in partnership with the Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley.

Under its collaboration with Honeycomb Credit, Pennsylvania Downtown Center members – such as downtown development groups – can take part in Honeycomb’s Main Street Champion program, which unlocks capital for local businesses.

With the impending sale of the Reading Eagle Co. to Media News Group of Denver, the company has issued a notice that calls for the elimination of 81 jobs effective June 30 – the day the sale is expected to be complete.

Pennsylvania dairy farmers, a coalition of dairy leaders and sympathetic politicians are urging legislators in Harrisburg to push Congress to pass reforms that would permit whole milk to be served in schools.

The market will be in a 12,000-square-foot space below the Strata West apartments along the ArtsWalk, a pedestrian walkway connecting the Allentown Renaissance Hotel and PPL Center on Seventh Street with the Allentown Art Museum.

Some manufacturers say job poaching – the practice of actively recruiting an employee from a direct competitor – has become more common.

PPL Corp. of Allentown has promoted Vincent Sorgi to president and COO. He will take on the new role as of July 1. The company said Sorgi will lead execution of PPL’s long-term growth strategy and be responsible for the overall operational performance of PPL’s seven utilities in the United States and the United Kingdom. Sorgi has served ...