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WEBSITE LAUNCH: The PA SIX Website will be officially launched at 10 a.m. today via Zoom. The PA SIX website was created to raise awareness of what it...

ASTRONAUTS: Students in Georgia and California will each have an opportunity this week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station....

GO FOR A HIKE: The Outdoor Advocacy Project, Women Who Hike, In Solidarity Project and Latino Outdoors have collaborated to launch #HikeUnited21, an e...

Eating healthy on vacation: Face it — it can be challenging to maintain a healthy diet for oneself or their family regularly, let alone while travelin...

TODAY: Today is Women’s Equality Day. According to the National Women’s History Alliance, in 1973, the U.S. Congress designated August 26 as “Women’s ...

SCHOOL BUS SAFETY: Bradford started school Monday and today is the first day for Port Allegany and Smethport, while Otto-Eldred students will board th...

ROOTWORM: The Penn State Extension offered some planting and bug tips as the growing season locally winds down. With rootworm adults emerging from cor...

CONTROL ANNUAL WEEDS: The Penn State Extension has provided some helpful tips for controlling summer weeds before the seeds set, where possible. Preve...

VACCINE MANDATE: As President Biden begins to push for booster shots for those who are vaccinated, the encouragement to get vaccinated continues as we...

Climate change: NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) have formed a first-of-its-kind strategic partnership to observe Earth and its changing environme...

DOGS AGAIN: Here is another round of dog facts in honor of August’s recognition as National Dog Month. — Dogs have wet noses because it helps to absor...

GEOTHERMAL REPORT: The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) published its 2021 U.S. Geothermal Power Production and District Heating Market Rep...

AIRSHOW: The GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team will make a first-time appearance during the Great Pocono Raceway Air Show on August 21-22 at the Pocono Ra...

NASA SPACECRAFT: NASA’s first spacecraft to explore the Trojan asteroids arrived July 30 at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. It is ...

MORE DOG FACTS: As we make our way through August, here are some more facts about dogs. — Greyhounds can beat cheetahs in a race. While cheetahs can r...

100 BLACK HOLES: The globular star cluster Palomar 5 is one of the “fluffiest” known. It’s less massive than other globulars and has a greater distanc...

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: This is one of many in a series of RTS columns highlighting some of the gems found in a Dec. 6, 1981 New York Times Magazine that ...

ZIPPO ‘SIGHTING’: Era reader Terry Palmer submitted the following tidbit from Sirius XM 60’s radio heard recently. “Steve Cropper, session guitarist f...

NATIONAL DOG MONTH: In honor of National Dog Month, we are sharing some facts about the Belgian Malinois, a breed chosen by police departments nationw...

DOG MONTH: August is National Dog Month. In honor of our furry friends, here are some highlights from a list of 30 fun facts, shared by The American K...