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COLD: In these bitter cold and snowy days, AAA East Central emergency roadside assistance has seen a surge in requests related to dead batteries, stuc...

SMETHPORT — McKean County marked the start of Pennsylvania’s Semiquincentennial year this week as America250PA brought its statewide County Kick‑Off T...

Trace Kazimer (percussion), Delaney Stromberg (tuba), Kaydence Beaver (clarinet), Alayna Palmer (trumpet) and Leila Stuckey (clarinet) will represent ...

For me, February marks the halfway point of winter. Even though the calendar says winter began Dec. 21, you could argue that once Thanksgiving arrived...

DEAR RUSTY: I served in the U.S. Army from July 1964 to July 1967. Am I eligible for a higher Social Security payment? — Vietnam Era Army Vet DEAR ARM...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., joined 14 bicameral lawmakers in reintroducing the Opportunities in Organic Act to help ...

Customers of the Bradford City Water Authority had a notice on the back of their recent bill about a failure to correct a deficiency. However, Executi...

EDGEWOOD, N.M. (AP) — The reverse side of the U.S. Mint’s 2026 Sacagawea $1 coin will feature Polly Cooper, a woman from the Oneida tribe known for he...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., and Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., both members of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs C...

Bob Burns took this photo of a beautiful barred owl near Marilla Reservoir on a cold January morning.

Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) and Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital (OGH), Kaleida Health facilities, are reflecting on 2025 as a year marked by...

ERIE — National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation has submitted its quarterly adjustment to gas supply charges to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Comm...

PORT ALLEGANY — The annual Souper Bowl of Caring collection is coming up, with local volunteers gathering soup, crackers and cash donations to support...

FRETZ — Principal Melissa M. Merry has announced the honor rolls for the second marking period at Floyd C. Fretz Middle School. Students named to the ...

AUSTIN — Principal Erika Emerick has announced the Austin Area School honor roll for the first nine‑weeks marking period for students in grades 7 thro...

(THE CENTER SQUARE) — Several blue states appear set to lose electoral college votes while red states will make sweeping gains, new data from the U.S....

Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Thursday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Pu...

HARRISBURG — Representatives of the American Beverage Association said Tuesday the proposed bans for artificial ingredients in Pennsylvania are unnece...

DITTIES: Back in 1926, brothers Billy and Eddie Gorman entertained Bradfordians with songs about, of all things, local news. "Bradford received two vi...

A new agreement allows qualified University of Pittsburgh at Bradford undergraduate students to complete both a bachelor’s and law degree in six years...