Reports

BARTA ends Route 2/Fairgrounds Square Market Jan. 4, 2027, sends Routes 1 and 3 to Deka in Blandon and adds Brentwood, US Anodize and Mount Penn stops.

Eight Berks County park, trail, forestry and planning projects won $1,343,200 in DCNR's Oct. 7 grant round, led by $350,000 for South Heidelberg Township.

All three Southwestern Berks municipalities have enacted the joint zoning amendment: data centers by conditional use only, 400-ft setbacks, noise caps.

South Heidelberg won a $1 million state grant in July for its police station. The $585,000 in federal money it also counts is still a request in Congress.

Reading's $129.3M draft 2027 budget keeps the city tax rate at 19.217 mills and plans a $12.4 million reserve draw as benefit and pension costs rise.

Schuylkill Valley is building a fieldhouse with indoor turf on an $18.2 million bond. Every vote, the financing and what it means for taxpayers.

A running tracker of Berks County data centers: what is operating now, the one big AI campus proposed, and which towns have zoning rules.

The county and City of Reading say fraudulent emails using real employee names and logos are targeting Berks businesses to get financial information.

Mount Penn wants to take control of the water system its authority has run since 1941. A court fight now affects 3,500 homes in four towns.

Daniel Boone Area School District called an Aug. 3 special meeting to authorize an $817,917 state grant application, days before the Aug. 7 deadline.

Two Ethos industrial buildings, one over 1 million square feet, are planned off Krick Lane in South Heidelberg. What the plans show and where they stand.

Land clearing has begun at W. Leesport Road and Faller Lane in Bern Township: a Penske truck center is permitted; a 260,000-sq-ft warehouse plan stalled.

Riverfront Federal Credit Union's plan for the corner of W. Leesport Road and Route 183 in Bern Township is an unstaffed drive-thru ATM and a lot split. Here is the record.

Wildfire smoke put Berks County under a Code Purple, 'very unhealthy' air quality alert on July 17. Who is most at risk and how to protect yourself.

RAWA ordered a mandatory 15% cut for its North Heidelberg system in July. By Oct. 13 Berks is back to a drought watch and that order is lifted.

Colebrookdale, Robeson, Longswamp, Centre, Bethel, and Caernarvon are all drafting data-center zoning ordinances at once. Here is where each one stands.

The $350 million Broadcast District is rising in Spring Township, anchored by Whole Foods. Here are the businesses coming and when they open.

Berks County's civil dockets went offline in June 2026 and came back in a vendor system, CourtPro, in late September. What changed and what still does not work.

Berks County's 2026 budget spends $690 million. Where the money comes from, where it goes, and why county taxes cover only about a quarter of it.

Households and businesses hit by the June 11 Oak Forest apartment fire can get federal loans and state grants. Key deadlines: July 16, Aug. 24, Sept. 27.