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The state's Independent Fiscal Office reported Thursday that workforce participation among Pennsylvanians under age 35 has declined much more than for older workers since the onset of the pandemic.

The City of Bethlehem’s Enterprise Zone awarded Cantelmi E-Commerce and Triple Net Investments LX LLC $175K in tax credits.

Lehigh Valley Health Network's first in-person annual community meeting since the pandemic highlighted hospital expansions, a new education center and new stem cell treatments while acknowledging continuing challenges from the pandemic.

PennDOT will spend millions of dollars to start construction on major transportation projects including bridges, traffic circles, milling, paving and patching roadways and updating interchanges.

Health insurance giant Aetna has shuttered its office space at 1015 Club Ave., in the Lehigh Shopping Center near Union Boulevard in Bethlehem.

Beginning in 2023, new multi-space pay stations will replace the current single-space parking meters throughout Bethlehem.

Retail giant Amazon says it's addressing the needs of customers faced with rising costs on essential needs this holiday season and beyond. The company has rolled out an online hub to assist families looking to pay with SNAP benefits.

Shuttered since 2011, Allentown's Metal Works is currently undergoing a revitalization and, in as soon as nine months, will bring industrial jobs back to the long dormant site.

A group of local leaders is coming together to address the child care crisis families are facing around the Lehigh Valley. The event will address these facilities facing challenges and solutions for how to begin to fix the problems.

An Amazon fulfillment center in northeast Pa. is giving Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s hospital $25,000. The money comes from the Amazon Goes Gold campaign.

As part of our occasional series on how local businesses are overcoming the challenges presented by the past year, a local entrepreneur tells his story about launching a new brewery amid the pandemic.

WLVR’s occasional “Pivoting in Pandemic” series shares stories of how some local businesses have survived the challenges of COVID-19.

The new executive director of the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, Dawn Godshall, speaks with WLVR’s Brad Klein.

Sophisticated gadgets like special laptops and tablets are being developed to assist people who are blind, but the equipment can cost thousands of dollars.

Local pharmaceutical company Sharp, announced this week that it will hire hundreds of new workers as it prepares a $42 million expansion project here in the Lehigh Valley.

Pennsylvania is preparing to ease COVID restrictions this weekend. Bars and restaurants can serve alcohol without food, lift curfews and increase capacity. But the move comes as COVID cases are on the rise and service employees may not be vaccinated yet.

Pennsylvania State Rep. Lisa Boscola wants to give tax relief to struggling restaurants and bars so that they can stay in business during the pandemic.

A new snapshot of Allentown’s manufacturing sector finds that - even in 2020 - there’s some reason for hope.

President Donald Trump signed the latest federal stimulus bill yesterday, but federal unemployment benefits may still be delayed for recipients. In the interim, WLVR’s Brittany Sweeney has more on other Pennsylvania resources for people struggling to make ends meet.

On January 1, a CDC moratorium on evictions will expire. The deadline is creating significant uncertainty for families in the Lehigh Valley, and the organizations getting ready to assist them.

Hidden beneath the open space, jewel lakes and dense forests is the silent frustration in households across the region that are struggling to keep pace with the modern world.

Governor Tom Wolf is calling on Congress to pass a pandemic relief package. He and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy met Monday calling the situation in their states, “dire.”