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Bradford Regional Medical Center submits closure notice; transitioning to outpatient care center

Transitioning to outpatient care center

By SARA FURLONG news@bradfordera.com

February 17, 2026

(Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional information available from hospital officials and state Rep. Martin Causer Tuesday afterno...

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Home News Former Bradford school bus driver pleads guilty to sex crimes

Sean Williams

Crime, Local News

February 19, 2026

Former Bradford school bus driver pleads guilty to sex crimes

SMETHPORT — District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg‑Shaffer reports that a former Bradford Area S...

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Local News, Outdoors

Thin ice

February 19, 2026

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shared this photo to its Facebook page this week, with the caption "As temperatures climb, ice on the water may still...

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Business, Nation & World

Transportation Department says more than 550 driving schools must close over safety failures

By JOSH FUNK - AP Transportation Writer

February 19, 2026

More than 550 commercial driving schools in the U.S. that train truckers and bus drivers must close after investigators found they employed unqualifie...

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Nation & World

Genealogy sites have helped solve major crimes. Police in Nancy Guthrie’s case might turn to them

By ED WHITE - Associated Press

February 19, 2026

Authorities trying to solve the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie say they might tap DNA genealogy databases, the same step that police took to unravel a...

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Business, Local News, PA State News

Data center tax break created to boost economy, add jobs in Pa. could cost state billions in revenue

By KATE HUANGPU and STEPHEN CARUSO Spotlight PA

February 19, 2026

(Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account...

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PA State News

Judge recommends sale of troubled rural water company to one of Pa.’s largest private utilities

By MARLEY PARISH Spotlight PA State College

February 19, 2026

(This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and pub...

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