Montour County-based Geisinger was awarded $978,000 from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to put towards equipment for the system’s telehealth services.

U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey told a room of midstate business leaders that he is cautiously optimistic about the country’s reopening, that he expects a fifth COVID-19 relief bill to pass through the U.S. Senate in the coming weeks and that the bill could feature a provision on liability protection.

A list of 34 central Pennsylvania companies who received up to $10 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan money was disclosed on Monday by the Small Business Administration.

The Hershey Co. closed on the purchase of a parcel of land in South Annville Township, Lebanon County last month that will be the grounds for a planned 800,000-square-foot warehouse and packaging center.

UPMC Pinnacle was awarded more than $705,000 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to enhance telehealth services at its hospitals.

“These laws will pay a critical role in helping our hospital families feel protected from violence in their workplaces,” said Andy Carter, president and CEO of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.

Beginning today, anyone leaving their homes are required to wear a mask to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to an order issued by Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine.

Philip Andreoli, a college student entering his junior year at University of Pittsburgh, was accepted for an internship at TE Connectivity’s Middletown campus in December.

Messiah College said on Wednesday that it received university status-- a move the school expects will help it bring in more adult, post-secondary and international students.

A Geisinger Health Plan executive of the last six years was named the company’s permanent president this week after serving as interim president since February.

PA Clinical Network, a Harrisburg-based organization consisting of independent physicians, signed a value-based contract with Geisinger Health Plan. Geisinger is the fifth a regional health insurer to partner with PA Clinical Network and its 150 independent physicians, the two groups announced on Tuesday.

WellSpan Health opened WellSpan Eye Center at the Apple Hill Medical Center in York Township on Monday. The practice is WellSpan’s first eye center and will provide optical testing, surgical lasers and an optical shop for glasses and contact lenses.

Rite Aid recently eliminated 254 corporate office positions as it looks to reduce cost amid growing COVID-19 related expenses.

Automobile auction house ADESA Pennsylvania LLC announced it will lay off 43 employees at its Conewago Township, York County-based facility in early August.

Lebanon County will be the last county in the state to transition to the green phase of Gov. Tom Wolf’s reopening plan on July 3.