The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved Gov. Tom Wolf’s request to declare a disaster in Berks County after intense storms produced flash flooding between July 11 and 12, 2019. This declaration makes low-interest loans available to repair or replace local real estate that sustained damage from the flooding.

The Bern Township Board of Supervisors has conditionally approved UGI Utilities, Inc.’s plan to construct a new training center complex on a 40-acre site on Stinson Road.

Attorney General Josh Shapiro has announced that the owner of a Berks County construction company has pleaded guilty to falsifying lab reports for water samples.

The Health Resources and Services Administration or HRSA, has awarded St. Luke’s Miners Campus a $1 million grant to help combat the opioid crisis.

East Penn Manufacturing, which manufactures batteries in Lyon Station, and is Berks County’s largest employer, has acquired a manufacturer of lithium battery technology and systems for the heavy-duty commercial, government and defense markets.

Penn National Gaming of Wyomissing will be having a change in leadership at the end of the year.

Just when John Loyack was about to retire from corporate life, a new opportunity came knocking, one that would transform his plans to slow down. Loyack heeded opportunity's call and dove into academia. No longer running corporations, today he is leading Reading's Alvernia University into the future.

Alvernia University is investing in Reading's future workforce with the Reading Collegiate Scholarship Program.

Randy Peers has resigned as president and CEO of The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance, the result of a mutual decision between Peers and the GRCA.