Reports

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.

Reading Area Water Authority ordered a mandatory 15% cut for its North Heidelberg system, the first required limits as Berks stays under a state drought warning.

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 online civil court dockets have been down since mid-June. The new system now launches mid-September; until then, search in person at the courthouse.

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

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.

Commissioners approved a letter of intent to buy the former Wells Fargo tower for $7.235 million, temporary space while the courthouse is repaired.

The federal government will not open the ICE facility it planned in an Upper Bern Township warehouse it bought for $87.4 million. What happened, and what happens to the building now.

Berks County said a new jail would beat renovating the old one. Four years after restarting the project there is no site, no price, and no decision.

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.

Reading, Spring, Bern, Exeter, and Cumru are all writing data-center rules at once. Who has an ordinance, who wants a moratorium, and what decides July 13.

The June 15 Muhlenberg agenda carried a disaster-emergency declaration for the Oak Forest fire, damage estimated above $2 million, plus a $312,589 fire pumper.

Official results: 23.22% turnout in the May 19 primary, certified June 5. Democrats turned out at 24.9%, Republicans at 21.7%. November is the big one.