Career Technical Centers in Central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley are among the 33 CTCs and two school districts to receive competitive grants to purchase new equipment aligned to training students in high-demand occupations. 

Programs in Adams, Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster, and York counties are among the 21 recipients receiving a total of $2 million in awards supporting successful reentry for women.

Poultry farmers in Lancaster and Berks County hit by avian flu that killed more than 4.2 million birds this year will receive aid from the state to recover their losses. 

York-based Graham Engineering Co. has acquired Kennedy Tool & Die Inc. of Birdsboro, Berks County. 

Lancaster and Berks counties have nearly 3.9 million commercial birds to the recent Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreak, according to Penn State Extension and the state Department of Agriculture. 

Mechanicsburg-based Members 1st Federal Credit Union has just opened its newest branch in Berks County. A ribbon cutting was held Monday morning. 

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Robert B. Weidler Jr. was named chief financial officer for Jonestown Bank & Trust Co. (JBT).

For the first time, Berks County’s tax claim bureau will be holding a delinquent real estate auction sale online.

The regional office is at 1103 Rocky Drive in West Lawn. It’s part of the company’s efforts to expand with eyes on Cumberland and York counties in 2021.

Mechanicsburg-based Members 1st Federal Credit Union has made its Berks County debut.

Amazon will bring not one, but two, fulfillment centers to Berks County, adding about 1.6 million square feet of logistics space and likely hiring more than 1,000 workers, according to Berks County economic development officials.

A Berks County screen printer is working on a way to support itself and other small businesses in the region by creating T-shirts businesses and non-profits can sell to customers and supporters on social media.

Businesses in Berks, Lancaster and Northampton counties have been approved for low-interest loans in the most recent string of approvals from the state.