Breaking News, Local News
December 26, 2025
Due to the severity of Friday's winter storm, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is temporarily prohibiting trucks heavier than 1...
Local News
Reorganize for 2026
Jan 02, 2026
SMETHPORT — McKean County commissioners wished residents a happy new year this week both literally, and figuratively, by approving the 2026 budget wit...
Local News
Jan 02, 2026
The annual Warm It Forward initiative has returned to Bradford, offering residents free winter hats, gloves, mittens, scarves and other accessories fr...
Local News
Jan 02, 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...
PA State News
Jan 02, 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...
Lifestyle, Lifestyles, Local News, ...
Jan 02, 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...
Nation & World, PA State News
Jan 02, 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...
Business, Local News, Nation & World, ...
Jan 02, 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...
Business, Local News, PA State News
Jan 02, 2026
HARRISBURG – Officials in Pennsylvania spent much of 2025 grappling with ways to modernize the state’s energy mix while preparing for a surge of new d...
Business, Nation & World
As sales fall for second year in a row
Jan 02, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing poli...
Nation & World, PA State News
Jan 02, 2026
WASHINGTON — The 2026 midterm elections promise to bring fierce competition as Democrats and Republicans battle for control of Congress. All 435 seats...
Local News, PA State News
Jan 02, 2026
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity encouraged Pennsylvanians to prioritize their financial health when planning their New Year’s resolu...
Crime, Local News
Jan 02, 2026
A May trial has been scheduled for the Bradford man accused in the June shooting death of a woman in her Jefferson Street home. Thomas McElhattan, 42,...
Round the Square
Jan 02, 2026
NEW YEAR: The New Year came in 1900 with a service at St. Bernard's in Bradford, with a temperature "somewhat Alaskan, but there was no blizzard conne...
Local News
Roadmap for rural renewal
Jan 01, 2026
People make resolutions all the time, so why shouldn’t a borough, city or county? Now’s the time, after all. Many individuals, groups and organization...
Local News
Jan 01, 2026
Staff of Evergreen Elm recently released their annual report, highlighting the organization’s commitment in its 51st year to supporting individuals th...
Local News
Jan 01, 2026
CROSBY — The Norwich Township Volunteer Fire Department will host its second annual Cash Bash Feb. 7 at 9461 Route 46 in Crosby. Doors open at 5 p.m.,...
Lifestyles, Local News
Jan 01, 2026
When the Diocese of Erie reduced the functionality of St. Francis Church in April 2025, a long‑standing tradition there was nearly lost — the Coffee F...
Business, Local News, PA State News
Jan 01, 2026
ERIE — National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp. has submitted its annual Purchased Gas Cost Filing as required by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commissi...
Business, Local News, PA State News
Jan 01, 2026
(Editor's note: This is part two of a three-part series that will conclude in The Era's next edition and online at bradfordera.com.) ELK COUNTY — In ...
Nation & World
Jan 01, 2026
Why let New York City have all the fun with its Times Square ball drop on New Year’s Eve? Dozens of places across the U.S. will ring in 2026 by droppi...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
January 2, 2026
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (TNS) — Like many people over 60 and thinking seriously about retirement, I’ve been paying closer attention to Social Security, and rec...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
January 2, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Two centuries ago, gentlemen routinely carried swords or pistols to protect themselves, their families and their property. On the u...
Outdoors, Sports
January 2, 2026
It seems amazing interceptor missiles today zip along at Mach 8, leaving the speed of sound far behind. I have difficulty in comprehending speeds that...
Lifestyles
January 2, 2026
Dear Heloise: In response to Diane T. in Arizona, I had the opposite happen to me. I had been going to a hairdresser for many, many years. It was my h...
Lifestyles
January 2, 2026
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been together 23 years, married for almost nine. We are in our 60s. It's the second marriage for both of us. I retire...
