Reading Hospital President and CEO William M. Jennings has personally donated $2,797.00 to the hospital’s employee assistance fund. Jennings presented his check to Katherine Thomas, president of the Reading Hospital Foundation on Aug. 21.  The donation was the result of Jennings’ pledge to donate $1 to the fund for every run scored in the Reading Hospital Employee softball leagues’ 2019 season.

Dermody Properties, a private equity real estate investment, development and management company bought 9024 Old Route 22 in Bethel Township and is developing a new distribution center.

Allegiant said it would establish an aircraft base at Lehigh Valley International Airport, set to begin operations in February 2020. The base would be Allegiant’s 18th and bring at least 66 new jobs for pilots, flight attendants, mechanics and others this spring.

OraSure Technologies Inc. of Bethlehem has sold its cryosurgical systems business to another Bethlehem biotechnology firm, CryoConcepts LP, for $12 million. 

This summer 20 high school students participated in the Health Career Exploration Program at St. Luke’s University Health Network, which introduces rising seniors in the Allentown and Bethlehem school districts to careers in health care.

Harvest, a cannabis company, has signed an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Health that will stop the opening of two marijuana dispensaries in the state.

Feinberg Real Estate Advisors LLC of South Whitehall Township represented the Pennsylvania Joint Board, Workers United in the lease for the 4,018-square-foot office and meeting space at 5050 West Tilghman St.

A poll of 220 Lehigh Valley businesses offered local insights into business projections, such as purchases, hiring and revenues for the next six months, and compared them with data from the prior six months.

Bethlehem law firm Cohen, Feeley, Altemose & Rambo has organized a dedicated team to provide information and legal services to victims of sexual abuse.

Lehigh Valley Health Network and St. Luke’s University Health Network are the two biggest employers in the Lehigh Valley. Chances are, if you live in the area, someone you know works for one of these health care giants. But just how did the health care industry become the largest employer in the Lehigh Valley? LVB talked to experts to find out.