A nationwide trucking and transportation business will lease an additional facility in Schuylkill Haven. Evans Network of Companies, which employs close to 400 people and operates a fleet of 7,000 trucks, will lease a property at 100 W. Columbia St., while maintaining its national headquarters in Schuylkill Haven, located less than a mile away, also on Columbia Street.
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