Featured Stories

McKean commissioners allocate opioid funds, approve municipal aid
McKean commissioners allocate opioid funds, approve municipal aid
August 11, 2026
SMETHPORT — McKean County commissioners on Tuesday approved a three-year, $216,409 allocation of opioid settlement funds to support a certified recove...
Read More...
Donated Model A finds local home
Donated Model A finds local home
Sara Furlong 
August 10, 2026
When Bill Huber spotted a restored 1931 Ford Model A at the LUV Toyota Car Show, the antique automobile immediately caught his attention. “If it’s a c...
Read More...
Bradford Government Study Commission seeks public input
Bradford Government Study Commission seeks public input
August 10, 2026
The City of Bradford Government Study Commission on Home Rule is seeking input from city residents through a 10-question survey. The commission, elect...
Read More...
MOUNT JEWETT: Celebrating Swedish heritage
MOUNT JEWETT: Celebrating Swedish heritage
August 10, 2026
Annie Wolfe and Denise Carlson, dressed as Sonny and Cher, lip-sync to “I Got You Babe.” From Vikings and Dala horses to a glow party, pet parade and ...
Read More...
Local Sports
Baseball Football Soccer Volleyball
SWNY-NWPA MEN’S AMATEUR: Haas wins 3rd title in playoff thriller
Local Sports, Sports
SWNY-NWPA MEN’S AMATEUR: Haas wins 3rd title in playoff thriller
By SAM WILSON Special to the Era 
August 10, 2026
Brady rallies from 7-hole deficit in finals rematch OLEAN, N.Y. — Only one Championship Final in SWNY-NWPA Men’s Amateur history has ever required mor...
Read More...
Trail cameras provide valuable preseason deer intel
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
Trail cameras provide valuable preseason deer intel
By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
August 8, 2026
It’s that time of year when I start to shift gears more toward deer season and less toward fishing. The biggest factor for me when it comes to prepari...
Read More...
Local & Social
More Local News
Business Crime Local Nation
Gas prices fall across Pennsylvania
Local News
Gas prices fall across Pennsylvania
Sara Furlong 
Aug 11, 2026
Average gasoline prices in Pennsylvania fell 9.5 cents per gallon during the past week to $4.10, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 5,269 stations. The...
Read More...
Summer picnic fun
Local News
Summer picnic fun
Aug 11, 2026
Bradford Ecumenical Home resident Jim Guelfi visits with his nephew, Mike Salerno, and Salerno’s wife, Stacie, while resident Kay Manuson enjoys time ...
Read More...
Cattaraugus County Museum to host folk music
Local News
Cattaraugus County Museum to host folk music
Aug 11, 2026
MACHIAS, N.Y. — The Cattaraugus County Museum’s “Summer at the Stone House” series will continue at 7 p.m. Thursday with traditional American music pe...
Read More...
Poyer previews new underwater thriller
Local News
Poyer previews new underwater thriller
Aug 11, 2026
Bradford native and USA Today-bestselling author David Poyer will release “Yucatán Blue,” his latest Tiller Galloway underwater thriller, in September...
Read More...
Penn State to award millionth degree Aug. 15
Local News, PA State News
Penn State to award millionth degree Aug. 15
University has more than 800,000 living alumni worldwide
Aug 11, 2026
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State will cross a historic threshold when it awards its millionth degree during summer commencement ceremonies Aug. 15 at the ...
Read More...
Local oil purchasers increase prices
Business News, Local News
Local oil purchasers increase prices
Aug 11, 2026
Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Monday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Purc...
Read More...
Crime and Courts
More
Bradford woman jailed after alleged hatchet attack
Crime News, Local News
Bradford woman jailed after alleged hatchet attack
August 11, 2026
A Bradford woman was jailed on $25,000 cash bail after allegedly swinging an axe or hatchet at a man during a disturbance Sunday. City of Bradford Pol...
Read More...
Man jailed after alleged knife threats
Crime News, Local News
Man jailed after alleged knife threats
August 10, 2026
A 42-year-old man was jailed on $10,000 cash bail after allegedly threatening several people with a knife during an incident on East Main Street. City...
Read More...
Special Section Spotlight
More
Photo Galleries
More
Fireworks over Bradford
Gallery, Local News
Fireworks over Bradford
August 10, 2026
Fireworks light up the sky over downtown Bradford Saturday evening during the annual Italian Festival. Find more photos online and on page A-.
Read More...
SMETHPORT: Arts on the Island weekend
Gallery, Local News
SMETHPORT: Arts on the Island weekend
June 29, 2026
Wade Aiken and Pam Fischer captured scenes from Smethport's Arts on the Island Weekend, held June 26 to 28 at Hamlin Lake Park in Smethport. The festi...
Read More...
Jeeps take on the mud and mountains
Gallery, Local News
Jeeps take on the mud and mountains
June 22, 2026
Jeeps leave the University of Pittsburgh on Panther Parkway Saturday morning for another day of trail riding. Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Depart...
Read More...
Opinion
More
Empty pews, regulatory zoos and populist views
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Empty pews, regulatory zoos and populist views
By PATRICK A. McLAUGHLIN Tribune News Service 
August 11, 2026
A quarter-millennium into the American experiment, some of our skepticism of big government has given way to populism and astounding numbers of regula...
Read More...
No one who works full time should be on Medicaid
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
No one who works full time should be on Medicaid
By KATHRYN ANNE EDWARDS Bloomberg Opinion 
August 11, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — There are a lot of jobs in the U.S. economy that pay miserably low wages. And there are a lot that offer a reasonable hourly rate but...
Read More...
The era of cover-ups
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
The era of cover-ups
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
August 10, 2026
There’s no mystery in why Dr. Anthony Fauci strove to silence discussion about the origins of COVID-19 — he was in full CYA mode because the agency he...
Read More...