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According to the state of Pennsylvania, an internet connection of 1.5 megabits per second qualifies as “broadband.” That 30-year-old standard is barel...

A grant of more than $530,000 has been obtained to bring broadband to Hamlin, Keating and Sergeant townships in McKean County. The project will provid...

HARRISBURG — Broadband service improvements are needed across Pennsylvania, but the most significant need is among rural counties, according to a new ...

This past summer, two reports were issued that have real meaning to the agricultural community in Pennsylvania. First was a report from the U.S. Depar...

As Pennsylvania charts a path forward from the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent analysis of census data conducted by Stateline, an initi...

HARRISBURG — State policymakers tend to get easily sidetracked to focus on issues demanding immediate attention. This often means the overshadowing of...

Rural areas across the country faced challenging development problems — which were key drivers in the past two presidential election cycles — long bef...

HARRISBURG — State Rep. Martin Causer’s proposal to help boost broadband access in the state’s most rural communities has been signed into law. “The p...

Borrowing a page from history, the Legislature has approved a bill that will take a significant step toward rural economic development at little cost ...

Borrowing a page from history, the Legislature has approved a bill that will take a significant step toward rural economic development at little cost ...

HARRISBURG – Rep. Martin Causer’s proposal to help boost broadband access in the state’s most rural communities is now headed to the governor’s desk. ...

In a letter sent to parents and posted to social media, Galeton Area School District Superintendent Alanna Huck announced that due to positive COVID-1...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Commissioners recently approved a project that will significantly improve access to high speed internet service througho...

EMPORIUM — The Barbara Moscato Brown Memorial Library will have computers accessible to the public on Monday. Patrons will now have access to 4 comput...

HARRISBURG — As states continue to address the COVID-19 pandemic, including economic recovery efforts, Gov. Tom Wolf and a bipartisan coalition of 11 ...

Due to nearly constant news developments relating to the COVID-19 coronavirus, The Bradford Era is providing free access to its online news updates as...

HARRISBURG — Working to bring broadband services to the state’s rural communities, state Reps. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, and George Dunbar, R-Harr...

HARRISBURG — Results from a year-long research project measuring median broadband speeds across Pennsylvania indicate there isn’t a single Pennsylvani...

COUDERSPORT — When Gov. Tom Wolf drove along U.S. Route 6 about a year ago during a visit to Charles Cole Memorial Hospital in Coudersport, he noticed...

Flooding conditions forced some schools to close and classes to be cancelled in Bradford on Friday. Many roads across the county are closed or have re...