agriculture

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Conservation District will now begin accepting applications for round 1 until April 28, for the Agricultural Conservatio...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza are spiking in Pennsylvania, contributing to one of the nation’s deadliest outbreaks...

ALLEGANY, N.Y. — On March 3, sixteen students from Archbishop Walsh Academy competed at the Alfred State College Regional Science Fair. The winners we...

The weather today and Saturday could be tricky. The National Weather Service had not issued any watches or warnings for the Bradford area at press tim...

Six counties, including Clearfield, have been added to Pennsylvania’s spotted lanternfly quarantine zone ahead of the 2023 spring hatch. With this add...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State has established a publicly available environmental monitoring network to provide enhanced surveillance of atmospheric and...

LEAVE THE LEAVES. That’s right, leave the leaves in the garden for another month or so. It can be tempting as signs of Spring start popping up, but do...

DANVILLE (TNS) — On most days, Van Wagner has pine needles in his pockets and sawdust in his salt-and-pepper beard. He teaches his high school student...

HARRISBURG — The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service announces that sign up is now underway for a new project that w...

RIDGWAY — The Big Maple Family Farm is hosting an Open House from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday. The farm is a Pennsylvania Century family farm with four gene...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — From the school colors to the values of compassion, wisdom and integrity, St. Bonaventure University’s Franciscan roots are di...

Pennsylvania may soon follow other states and adopt regulations for eco-friendly burial and cremation methods. Republican senators recently introduced...

Perhaps we can blame COVID fatigue for numbing us to the risks of other viruses. But it should be bigger news that a bird flu has mutated to spread th...

MERCER — Penn State Extension is offering food safety training for producer growers at the Penn State Extension Mercer County office, 463 N. Perry Hig...

A recent episode of a Disney+ cartoon has woke kids performing a skit around the theme: “Slaves built this country.” The installment of “The Proud Fam...

ST. MARYS — In its usual fashion, the St. Marys Public Library is overflowing with regular and new programs for patrons and community members of all a...

LANCASTER (TNS) — Cases of the highly contagious strain of avian influenza continue to affect poultry flocks in central Pennsylvania. The U.S. Departm...

ST. MARYS — Kalie Schmader of St. Marys has joined her passions for nature and its valuable resources, education and shopping local into her own busin...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Freshman U.S. Sen. John Fetterman is co-sponsoring several bills, including one to ban assault weapons, and received his committee ...

PORT ALLEGANY — Do you own land in Cameron, Elk, McKean or Potter County? For those individuals who want to learn more about being a good steward of t...