A $90 million solar panel project in Gettysburg by the world’s largest generator of wind and solar energy is raising concerns among local residents who say it threatens 1,000 acres of mostly agricultural land.

Kiva provides zero-interest loans from $1,000 to $10,000 with a focus on business community populations that have been historically underserved or struggle to access capital investment. Through Kiva’s lending platform, local borrowers would be able to access funds loaned from other York community members and gain exposure to 1.7 million potential customers and investors across the globe.

Former British Prime Minister Theresa May will be the speaker at the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce dinner on May 21.

WellSpan’s incoming addition to WellSpan York Hospital, an eight-story tower created to expand the hospital’s inpatient services, is not the only major project the system is working on. In fact, the midstate is currently brimming with new projects in the works from all of the area’s major players.

WellSpan’s newly announced expansion to its York hospital will include more than 500 new employees and is expected to alleviate a capacity issue at the facility.

Twice as many community bank and credit union branches opened in Lancaster County during the second half of the post-recession decade as in the first half, according to data aggregated by the Pennsylvania Association of Community Banks (PACB).

Carlisle businesswomen put their networking and business skills to work to help families pay down $24,000 worth of school lunch debt.

A longtime Cumberland County construction firm has been acquired by another local firm and will merge operations by the end of the month.

WellSpan York Hospital will expand its intensive care unit with a $255 million surgical and critical care tower, planned to open on the hospital’s campus in 2025.

Glatfelter is initiating plans to move the company’s corporate headquarters from 96 S. George St. in downtown York to Charlotte, N.C. by the middle of this year.

Gary St. Hilaire, Capital BlueCross president and CEO, will be leaving the company to lead a neighboring BlueCross Blue Shield insurer this April.

Four housing complexes in the Hershey region were recently sold for $10.2 million.

Investment Real Estate LLC of York recruited Rick Hansberry as its director of acquisitions, a position in which the intellectual and business law expert will work with the firm’s leadership team to craft strategic planning and organizational goals.

Several regional businesses received new low-interest loan approvals Wednesday through the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) to help with expansions and creating new full-time jobs.

Fulton Financial Corporation’s mortgage division was honored by the Affordable Housing Centers of Pennsylvania (AHCOPA) for its financial support of first-time homebuyers in low and moderate-income communities.