Business News

CEO Tim Fallon has been associated with PBS39 and Lehigh Valley Public Media for 27 years. Fallon announced Tuesday he'll soon take on a different job within the organization and step away from day-to-day operations.

The Upper Macungie Planning Commission recommended approval to a plan to expand Americold Logistics' cold storage warehouse. Nearby residents brought a lawyer to express their concerns.

Since 2009, the Neighborhood Improvement Zone has invested $500 million of state tax dollars into redeveloping 128-acres of Allentown. State Sen. Jarrett Coleman has called for a review of the program to ensure Pennsylvania's making a wise investment.

Slime Time, an entertainment venue allowing kids to make their own slime, will soon open in Suite 606 at The Promenade Shops next to Batch Microcreamery and Altar’d State.

A “bold, thoughtful” mural is the goal — one that honors the area’s food culture, farmers and residents themselves, according to co-op General Manager Eric Shamis who recently shared the latest with WLVR's Brad Klein.

Players league wide are complaining about Major League Baseball's new uniforms, particularly the see-through pants. The uniforms were manufactured by Fanatics' facilities in Easton.

Wyatt Selzer gives back to the local community in any way he knows how — as long as it is within walking distance, he said. Now, a local business in Nazareth is determined to give the young man a new set of wheels.

Three industrial buildings in Upper Macungie have plans to expand: Americold Logistics' cold storage warehouse, XPO Logistics' trucking terminal and ATAS International's manufacturing facility.

While there is no news on future expansions, chamber members praised the CEO and heard an emotional take on her journey.

Lehigh Valley International Airport's plans for a hotel are moving forward, with changes that include more rooms up for consideration by the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission.

The taxiway expansion program is part of the LVIA’s new taxiway project for the proposed North Cargo Area Development Project.

The owners of a childcare center looking into expanding the operation received a special exception from Allentown's zoning hearing board Monday evening, though in the end, that exception was not even necessary.

Safety officials with PPL presented about a dozen demonstrations of electrical hazards to more than 100 firefighters in Williams Township. The event was designed to educate first responders about potential electrical mishaps at the scenes of emergencies.

Residents displaced by a May fire at the Five10 Flats apartment and retail building could get a chance to move back in as soon as January, according to one building official.

Bubbakaoo's Burritos, a national, Mexican-themed restaurant, will hold its grand opening in the Hellertown area on Tuesday.

North Whitehall Township's planning commission raised questions over a supposed agreement between the Kornfeinds and the former owner of an adjoining property which will play into the development of the Kornfeind Car Wash.

A few authors have brought books into Moravian Book Shop with AI-generated covers or art. That was enough for the staff to formally announce online that the bookstore would not support the use of technology that may replace creative jobs.

North Whitehall Township's planning commission reviewed a proposal for a developer seeking special exception for a new solar field along Egypt Road at their Thursday meeting.

Five of the farms are in Northampton County and four in Lehigh County. They were among 33 farms across the state approved this month for Pennsylvania's Farmland Preservation Program.

Bosch Rexroth will move employees from the current Bethlehem Township logistics center to Bethlehem and into a new warehouse on City Line Road in Lehigh Valley Industrial Park I.

South Whitehall Township's board of commissioners received an update on the Nestlé Purina water line project, which is progressing at a steady pace, even if concerns over the cost to tie into the line remain.

To CEO Russell Fletcher, starting out as a small hyper-local business gave Mishka Premium Vodka a leg up to evolve at the rate it is right now. Soon, the vodka, which is distilled in Allentown, will be carried by yet another national chain.