Outdoor recreation contributed $13.64 billion to Pennsylvania’s economy, accounting for 152,000 jobs, and 1.6% of the state’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced Thursday.

Lehigh Valley Health Network will stop accepting Aetna insurance in March if an agreement can’t be reached with the health insurance provider. 

The state has taken the next step to secure a spot as one of the nation’s Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs. 

Awards totaling more than $44.2 million in Low Income Housing Tax Credits, more than $20 million in National Housing Trust Funds for the construction of 1,459 affordable multifamily rental units in Pennsylvania, and more than $9 million in PennHOMES funding, were announced by Gov. Tom Wolf Thursday.

Local and state officials and developers gathered Thursday for the groundbreaking of Little Lehigh Phase I, which is the first of a two-phase redevelopment of a1970s-era public housing project off of Lehigh Street. 

Light House Realty LV will be celebrating the grand opening of its flagship office at 28 N. 15th St. in Allentown next Thursday. 

New Tripoli Bank has donated $100,000 to the Northwestern Lehigh Education Foundation (NWLEF) to support public education in the community.  

Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Acting Deputy Secretary of Workforce Development Dan Kuba joined 95 employers on Wednesday at a multi-industry job fair in Berks County designed to help Pennsylvanians advance their careers and support employers in their search for talented workers. 

The pandemic, traditionally low wages and low reimbursement rates from Medicaid have created a crisis for Pennsylvania seniors and the disabled needing round the clock care. 

The Canadian federal and provincial governments have announced approximately $475 million Canadian in project funding for Air Products' multi-billion-dollar landmark net-zero hydrogen energy complex in Alberta.