Evan Jones
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Business reporter at The Morning Call. Focus on growth, development and transportation in the Lehigh Valley. mcall.com
Population growth will be substantial for one Lehigh Valley township, according to the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission.
How much will the Lehigh Valley grow by 2050? One township’s population could double
If trends continue, expect the Valley to be home to more than 800,000 people by 2050 with some communities seeing significant growth.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Population growth will be substantial for one Lehigh Valley township, according to the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission.
Lehigh Valley International Airport braces for possible impact from air traffic reductions.
What will FAA reducing flights mean for passengers using Lehigh Valley airport?
Airports facing air traffic cuts that have direct flights to and from LVIA include Atlanta, Charlotte, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Philadelphia and Chicago O’Hare.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Lehigh Valley International Airport braces for possible impact from air traffic reductions.
The former FLSmidth Cement has a new name, which should sound familiar to the Lehigh Valley.
A Lehigh Valley manufacturer has a new name that goes back to its historic roots
With the recent completion of FLSmidth Cement’s sale to Pacific Avenue Capital Partners, the company will be known as Fuller Technologies. The Fuller Co. operated for decades in the Lehigh Valley b…
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November 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The former FLSmidth Cement has a new name, which should sound familiar to the Lehigh Valley.
Longtime Lehigh Valley workforce board leader dies at 77.
Nancy Dischinat, who championed the workforce in the Lehigh Valley, dies at 77. She made the Lehigh Valley ‘a better place’
Those who worked alongside her over the past few decades spoke highly of the woman who helped shape the workforce system in the region.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Longtime Lehigh Valley workforce board leader dies at 77.
United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley and LV Community Foundation raising $500,000 to keep food banks stocked.
With food pantry shelves diminished and questions surrounding SNAP funds, Lehigh Valley nonprofits raising $500,000 to aid food access
Riddle said people are stocking up on supplies because, come Saturday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will not distribute SNAP food benefits to people who qualify for them.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley and LV Community Foundation raising $500,000 to keep food banks stocked.
An annual fall tradition, hiring extra workers for the holiday season, has been scaled back by some while others move ahead.
Holiday jobs may be hard to find this year. Here’s why
While Boscov’s is reporting a normal uptick in seasonal help, some of its competitors may be holding back a bit this year, according to Chicago-based Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., which ai…
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October 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
An annual fall tradition, hiring extra workers for the holiday season, has been scaled back by some while others move ahead.
Is Lehigh Valley businessman and astronaut Jared Isaacman back in the running to lead NASA? A Wall Street Journal report indicates as much.
Lehigh Valley billionaire Jared Isaacman may be back in the running to lead NASA, report says
It appears Lehigh Valley resident Jared Isaacman’s goal of heading NASA is still a possibility.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Is Lehigh Valley businessman and astronaut Jared Isaacman back in the running to lead NASA? A Wall Street Journal report indicates as much.
LANTA is waiting to hear if it can tap funds during budget standoff.
Amid federal, state budget standoffs, LANTA worried about furloughs, PennDOT not paying contracts
In order to keep its bus and van services intact amid budget stalemate, LANTA requested permission to tap funds allocated for capital projects. It’s still waiting to hear back.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
LANTA is waiting to hear if it can tap funds during budget standoff.
Shift4 founder and astronaut Jared Isaacman discusses business and space at Lehigh University community.
‘There was a lot of luck.’ Jared Isaacman, entrepreneur and astronaut, discusses business and space at Lehigh University
Isaacman said part of the excitement of space exploration is that it’s so close “and we have not even begun to scratch the surface of what is the greatest adventure in human history.”
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October 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Shift4 founder and astronaut Jared Isaacman discusses business and space at Lehigh University community.
Legal truck parking spaces are in short supply in Pennsylvania. PennDOT will be adding more than 1,200 across the state, including 18 in the Lehigh Valley.
Truckers in the Lehigh Valley feeding the warehouse boom could get a little parking relief
Pennsylvania officials announced that more than 1,200 parking spaces will be designated for truck parking, including 18 along one Lehigh Valley highway.
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October 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Legal truck parking spaces are in short supply in Pennsylvania. PennDOT will be adding more than 1,200 across the state, including 18 in the Lehigh Valley.
International food and beverage company is coming to the Lehigh Valley.
An international food and beverage company is opening a coffee-roasting plant in the Lehigh Valley
Kerry Group, which is based in Tralee, Ireland, will roast and extract coffee to create sustainable products for the food and beverage industry at the plant, which is located along Township Line Ro…
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September 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
International food and beverage company is coming to the Lehigh Valley.
Another batch of antique toys from the extensive collection of the late Tom Sage Sr. of Allentown is up for auction.
Another set of antique toys from late Allentown’s man collection up for auction. Here’s a look.
About 300 additional toys from Tom Sage Sr.’s collection will be up for auction Oct. 30 at Morphy’s Auctions near Denver, Lancaster County.
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September 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Another batch of antique toys from the extensive collection of the late Tom Sage Sr. of Allentown is up for auction.
Gov. Josh Shapiro tours B. Braun near Allentown. Big announcement expected.
September 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Gov. Josh Shapiro tours B. Braun near Allentown. Big announcement expected.
Yet another housing development coming to the Lehigh Valley.
Developer pays $3.3 million for Lehigh Valley farmland to build homes
Keystone Custom Homes says it will develop the land along Neffs Laureys Road. It acquired the land from Jaindl Land Co. for $3.3 million in July, according to Lehigh County real estate records.
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August 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Yet another housing development coming to the Lehigh Valley.
Two hotels near Lehigh Valley International Airport have a new owner.
Pair of hotels near Lehigh Valley airport are sold for $13.1 million
The buyers are DC Hotels Airport LLC and DC Hotels Allentown LLC, respectively, both based at a private residence in Horsham Township, Montgomery County.
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August 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Two hotels near Lehigh Valley International Airport have a new owner.
Part of Allentown is in one of the hottest ZIP codes for home buyers.
This ZIP code that includes part of Allentown is one of the hottest real estate markets in the US
In the annual rankings of Realtor.com’s “hottest ZIP codes,” the 18104 ZIP code was ranked 10th in the Northeast, putting it in the honorable mention category for the national list.
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August 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Part of Allentown is in one of the hottest ZIP codes for home buyers.
An historic building in Allentown that is on the site of Revolutionary War POW camp will soon have apartments.
Historic Allentown building that was once the site of a Revolutionary War POW camp to get apartments
The property includes a monument to the POW camp, which housed Hessian mercenaries that fought for the British.
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August 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
An historic building in Allentown that is on the site of Revolutionary War POW camp will soon have apartments.
Allentown-based PPL Corp. makes bid to stay ahead in upcoming data center power surge.
Why PPL Corp. could be the ‘big winner’ in deal to boost power for AI, data centers
PPL came out the “big winner” of the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit focused on artificial intelligence, one analyst declared.
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August 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Allentown-based PPL Corp. makes bid to stay ahead in upcoming data center power surge.
One of my all-time favorite baseball stories.
July 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
One of my all-time favorite baseball stories.
For developer J.B. Reilly and City Center, converting the former bank at Seventh and Hamilton streets has been a long time coming.
‘A really big and important project’: In the heart of Allentown, City Center Group plans its first offices since 2019
The $35.1 million project will convert the former Merchants National Bank Building into a 87,000-square-foot structure with ground-level retail, including a large restaurant with patio seating, and…
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July 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
For developer J.B. Reilly and City Center, converting the former bank at Seventh and Hamilton streets has been a long time coming.
Plans are revised yet again for the historic bank building in the heart of Allentown.
What’s happening with the former Wells Fargo bank at Allentown’s Center Square? Here’s the latest plan.
Plans for the former Merchants National Bank building at the corner of Seventh and Hamilton streets in the heart of downtown Allentown are getting yet another revision.
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July 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Plans are revised yet again for the historic bank building in the heart of Allentown.
Candy company decides to expand Lehigh Valley presence.
Candy company picks Lehigh Valley for manufacturing, will invest nearly $20 million for new headquarters
In the not-too-distant future, a 16-acre patch of ground just off Hecktown Road on the border of Lower Nazareth and Bethlehem townships will be one of the sweetest places in the Lehigh Valley.
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June 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Candy company decides to expand Lehigh Valley presence.
Grocer to shut down Lehigh Valley distribution center, lay off more than 700 workers.
Lehigh Valley warehouse to shut down, more than 700 to be laid off
A North Whitehall Township warehouse is being shut down, affecting more than 700 jobs.
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June 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Grocer to shut down Lehigh Valley distribution center, lay off more than 700 workers.
Lehigh Valley company brings manufacturing of power source into U.S.
Lehigh Valley manufacturer expands to provide U.S.-made power sources
The company cut the ribbon on the facility on Wednesday and is looking to employ more than 50 when it’s fully up and running in upcoming weeks.
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June 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Lehigh Valley company brings manufacturing of power source into U.S.
High-traffic area may see even more traffic with proposed apartment complex.
Plan for up to 268 apartments at former Lehigh Valley golfing landmark V-7 raise traffic concerns
‘My recommendation is not to make a recommendation,’ Bethlehem Township commissioners hear their solicitor say after public hearing on application for about 265 apartments at the former…
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June 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
High-traffic area may see even more traffic with proposed apartment complex.