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Home News Warm hearts help Warm It Forward

Warm It Forward offers residents free winter hats, gloves, mittens, scarves and other accessories from outdoor clotheslines set up throughout Bradford and McKean County.

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January 2, 2026

Warm hearts help Warm It Forward

By SAVANNAH BARR

s.barr@bradfordera.com

The annual Warm It Forward initiative has returned to Bradford, offering residents free winter hats,...

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Roadless Rule repeal won’t affect Allegheny National Forest, Forest Service says

By ABIGAIL HAKAS Pittsburgh Media Partnership

January 2, 2026

(Editor's note: This is part three of a three-part series, all of which can be read online at bradfordera.com.) WARREN — Environmental advocates worr...

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Some PennWest alumni alarmed as university moves to eliminate art programs

By MADDIE AIKEN Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

January 2, 2026

(TNS) — Rebecca Hersan needed to commute to college for her art education degree because of job obligations and a death in her family. When weighing h...

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Social Security Matters: Can wife get spouse benefit while I’m still alive?

By RUSSELL GLOOR

January 2, 2026

DEAR RUSTY: A friend of my wife told her, and she believes, she could receive a Social Security benefit based on my SS benefit that I’m currently rece...

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New drug giving patients, doctors hope regarding pancreatic cancer

By KAYLA YUP The Philadelphia Inquirer

January 2, 2026

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Irene Blair was expected to have another six to eight months to live in June, after her pancreatic cancer rapidly advanced to sta...

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New year, old challenges as AI faces uncertain path to power

By LAUREN JESSOP The Center Square

January 2, 2026

HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s electrical grid is at a critical crossroads, buckling under the pressure of rising demand with not enough supply or time t...

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