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COUDERSPORT — The Coudersport Volunteer Fire Department has purchased new safety equipment with a $100,000 state grant secured with the help of state ...

CLEARFIELD — Two Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad crossings on Rasselas Road (Route 1001) in Jones Township will close Saturday for surface replacement, ...

“Behind the Lines: A 9/11 Story” is a unique musical performance and personal memoir that celebrates the heroism, while acknowledging the loss, associ...

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...

SMETHPORT — A former Bradford Area School District bus driver was sentenced Thursday to at least 11 years and four months in state prison for crimes i...

According to a Facebook post by the Foster Township Police Department, the Bolivar Drive railroad crossing will be closed Sept. 2 to 5. A detour will ...

PORT ALLEGANY — Mischievous ghosts, eccentric paranormal investigators and a small town gripped by supernatural chaos come together in “Ghosted,” a lo...

BENEZETTE — The Keystone Elk Country Alliance has launched a Kickstarter campaign to publish Echoes from Elk Country, a book chronicling the history o...

KANE — According to a recent AARP study, an estimated 63 million American adults provide ongoing care to a family member, friend or neighbor with a me...

OLEAN, N.Y. — SUNY Jamestown Community College welcomed new students this fall with its inaugural matriculation ceremony during new student orientatio...

PITTSBURGH – University of Pittsburgh at Bradford hospitality management major Mia Dunleavy got a taste of her future profession this summer as a crui...

SMETHPORT — A Port Allegany man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the February 2025 shooting death of K-Leigh Hill-Nelson. McKean County Di...

The city of Bradford will apply for $425,000 through a federally funded program to assist qualified homeowners in making repairs and improvements in t...

Bradford City Water Authority will recognize employees for their response to the July 28 storm, which sent turbidity in the Heffner Reservoir to the h...

Two local oil purchasers have decreased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Wednesday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil P...

A fallen tree on a power line caused an outage affecting about 2,200 customers throughout much of Bradford Wednesday morning. Bridget McNie, head of P...

A molten glass leak last week at Ardagh Glass in Port Allegany resulted in a three-alarm response from more than 75 volunteer firemen, but no injuries...

Urology services remain available at Bradford Medical Park, where Dr. David Godfrey continues to see patients after 36 years of serving the Bradford c...

KANE — The fourth annual PA State Sunflower Festival will return to the Wilds Sonshine Factory this weekend, offering three days of live music, food, ...

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