Penn State Health released an advisory Thursday asking the public to not go to the system’s emergency departments for COVID-19 testing, citing an influx of patients at Penn State Health hospitals. 

Thousands of toys are headed to homes across the country thanks to donations to the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program from midstate businesses. 

The shortage of affordable housing is acute nationwide, and central Pennsylvania is no exception. 

West Reading-based Customers Bank launched a new commercial banking team that will work with privately owned businesses with revenue between $5 million and $100 million throughout the Midstate. 

Snyder County-based civil engineering firm LIVIC Civil Engineering opened an office in Wormleysburg, Cumberland County office this month, the company’s first brick-and-mortar location in the region. 

Pandemic-driven supply chain pain isn’t expected to go away any time soon. 

Housing sales in the Harrisburg region slowed a bit in August but demand is still outstripping supply, said Adrian Smith, 2021 president of the Greater Harrisburg Association of Realtors. 

Penn State Health opened two new outpatient locations in Harrisburg, which the Hershey-based health system says will enhance access to its primary and specialty care services in the midstate.

Asha Banks founded her online greeting and holiday card store, CheerNotes, last year after feeling frustrated by a lack of representation when buying greeting cards for friends and family.

Midstate residents were mostly well informed on what was needed to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic but were overwhelmed with worries about mixed messages and distrust of some sources, according to researchers at the Penn State College of Medicine.

Pittsburgh-based consulting firm Procopia Nonprofit Consulting recently announced the hiring of its first central region director.

Regional transportation authorities Rabbittransit and Capital Area Transit announced plans to merge to create one midstate transportation authority.

A number of midstate hospitals, including UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg and Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, were listed as “equality leaders” for their LGBTQ care policies and practices by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

Fifteen midstate businesses were featured on Inc. 5000’s national ranking of the fastest-growing companies.

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.