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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 McKean County Drug Task Force arrest results in guilty plea

Tammy McMahon

Crime, Local News

February 20, 2026

McKean County Drug Task Force arrest results in guilty plea

SMETHPORT — A Bradford woman arrested during a McKean County Drug Task Force investigation has ple...

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Social Security Matters: Shouldn’t 65-year-old be exempt from Medicare payroll taxes?

Jim Eckstrom

February 20, 2026

DEAR RUSTY: My girlfriend is 65 and she just enrolled in Medicare. She is still working full time as a nurse, but they are still deducting Medicare ta...

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Business, Nation & World

Supreme Court’s tariff ruling could alter 2026 election

By ANDREW RICE The Center Square

February 20, 2026

WASHINGTON — The 2026 midterm elections will now be shaped around candidates' response to the U.S. Supreme Court striking down the bulk of President T...

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Local News

In memoriam: Kane Borough Patrolman Steve Jerman

February 20, 2026

McKean County law enforcement honored the memory of Kane Borough Patrolman Steve Jerman, who was shot and killed during a traffic stop on Feb. 20, 199...

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Comment & Opinion, Opinion

Facing scary, menacing times

By DEB WUETHRICH

February 20, 2026

Have you ever noticed periods in life when certain words keep coming to mind? Sometimes, they are terms that have become popular in our culture. At th...

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Local News, PA State News

Rapp, Marcell request audit of birth, death certificate processes

February 20, 2026

HARRISBURG — Reps. Kathy L. Rapp, R-Warren, and Kristin Marcell, R-Bucks, have authored a letter to Pennsylvania Auditor General Tim DeFoor requesting...

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