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    Wolf announces new Pa. health secretary
    Wolf announces new Pa. health secretary
    GILLIAN McGOLDRICK Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Apr 19, 2022
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s health secretary will leave her post next week, just four months after taking the job, Gov. Tom Wolf’s office announ...
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    Pennsylvania’s acting health secretary to step down
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    Pennsylvania’s acting health secretary to step down
    Dec 13, 2021
    HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania’s acting health secretary will resign her post and depart the Wolf administration at the end of December, the governor’...
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    Court grapples with legality of Pa.’s school masking mandate
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    Court grapples with legality of Pa.’s school masking mandate
    MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press 
    Dec 08, 2021
    HARRISBURG — A lawyer for Pennsylvania’s acting health secretary on Wednesday defended the validity of the secretary’s order requiring masks inside K-...
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    Area school districts address mask wearing
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    Area school districts address mask wearing
    JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
    Nov 12, 2021
    Wednesday’s ruling by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, which voted 4-1 to overturn the mask mandate set by Acting Pennsylvania Secretary of Health...
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    Pa. court throws out school mask mandate
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    Pa. court throws out school mask mandate
    MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press 
    Nov 10, 2021
    HARRISBURG — An order by Pennsylvania's acting health secretary that requires masks inside K-12 schools and child care facilities was thrown out Wedne...
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    Pa. House panel votes to take health secretary to court over school mask order
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    Pa. House panel votes to take health secretary to court over school mask order
    JAN MURPHY PennLive 
    Oct 27, 2021
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — TheHouse Health Committeeis appealing a decision by a bipartisan panel that upheld the statewide mask order forPennsylvaniaschools ...
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    Pa. panel upholds school mask rule after House GOP sought review
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    Pa. panel upholds school mask rule after House GOP sought review
    MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press 
    Oct 21, 2021
    HARRISBURG — The statewide mask order for Pennsylvania schools does not need to be enacted through the state’s system of passing governmental regulati...
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    Pennsylvania appeals court takes up school mask challenge
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    Pennsylvania appeals court takes up school mask challenge
    MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press 
    Oct 20, 2021
    A Pennsylvania appeals court heard arguments Wednesday on whether the Wolf administration had the legal right to impose a mask mandate on K-12 schools...
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    Pa. health data: Unvaccinated account for 94% of new COVID cases
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    Pa. health data: Unvaccinated account for 94% of new COVID cases
    ERIN McCARTHY and JUSTINE McDANIEL The Philadelphia Inquirer 
    Sep 15, 2021
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — The vast majority of Pennsylvanians who have contracted the coronavirus in 2021 were not vaccinated, state officials say, releasi...
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    Pa. House panel seeks ruling on health secretary’s authority to issue school mask order
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    Pa. House panel seeks ruling on health secretary’s authority to issue school mask order
    JAN MURPHY PennLive 
    Sep 14, 2021
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Republican state lawmakers are taking a different avenue outside of the courts to challenge Pennsylvania Acting Health Secretary Al...
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    Lawsuit challenges Pennsylvania’s new mask mandate for schools
    Lawsuit challenges Pennsylvania’s new mask mandate for schools
    MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press 
    Sep 03, 2021
    The Republican leader of the state Senate and a group of parents filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to overturn the Wolf administration's new mask mandate...
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    Pa. unveils plan for free, voluntary COVID testing in K-12 schools
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    Pa. unveils plan for free, voluntary COVID testing in K-12 schools
    Aug 17, 2021
    HARRISBURG — As Pennsylvania hits the milestone that more than 80% of adults have received a dose of the COVID vaccine, the state announced two new in...
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    Elk, Cameron counties at zero positivity rate for COVID
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    Elk, Cameron counties at zero positivity rate for COVID
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 30, 2021
    Two local counties are showing a zero percent positivity rate for COVID-19, while two others are showing improvement. On Tuesday, data for Elk and Cam...
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    Local counties reach low level of community transmission
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    Local counties reach low level of community transmission
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 23, 2021
    All four local counties have reached the low level of community transmission of COVID-19. On Tuesday, a report given by Gov. Tom Wolf and Acting Secre...
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    Potter Co. only one still at substantial risk of COVID transmission
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    Potter Co. only one still at substantial risk of COVID transmission
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 16, 2021
    Potter County was the only county in the state listed in the substantial level of community transmission for COVID-19 as of Tuesday. The county’s posi...
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    McKean County in substantial spread of COVID-19
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    McKean County in substantial spread of COVID-19
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 09, 2021
    McKean County is the only one in Pennsylvania to be listed in the category of substantial community spread of COVID-19. In the weekly status report is...
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    Two area counties remain at substantial spread for COVID-19
    News
    Two area counties remain at substantial spread for COVID-19
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    May 26, 2021
    There’s only five counties in the state where COVID-19 is still at the substantial level of community transmission, and McKean and Potter are both on ...
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    Region remains at high rates of positivity for virus
    News
    Region remains at high rates of positivity for virus
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    May 19, 2021
    The region’s rates of positivity for COVID-19 remain highest in the state, but the numbers of additional cases of the virus are down across the region...
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    Health department says businesses may still require masks
    News
    Health department says businesses may still require masks
    Marcie 
    May 15, 2021
    HARRISBURG — Department of Health Acting Secretary Alison Beam announced that Pennsylvania is adopting the CDC’s recommendation that fully vaccinated ...
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    Complacency, vaccine hesitancy growing in Pa.
    News
    Complacency, vaccine hesitancy growing in Pa.
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    May 08, 2021
    More than 11,000 people in the region are partially vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine, and more than 23,000 have been fully vaccinated. With a tota...
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    BRMC, OGH, post August Stars
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    BRMC, OGH, post August Stars
    August 1, 2025
    Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) and Olean General Hospital (OGH), Kaleida Health facilities, announced that Carole McCormick and Mark Thornton...
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    Mosquitoes more than a pest, can pack a deadly bite
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    Mosquitoes more than a pest, can pack a deadly bite
    By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
    August 1, 2025
    Who's in charge around here, the people or the mosquitoes? The recent announcement of Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV) being found in mosquitoes in the El...
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    Big 30 coaching matchup: Will experience weigh in Saturday?
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    Big 30 coaching matchup: Will experience weigh in Saturday?
    Corey Deiterman 
    August 1, 2025
    As the New York and Pennsylvania squads take the field Saturday, the coaching staffs will line the sidelines, with players and coaches alike hoping to...
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    Mobile food bank Aug. 12 in Smethport
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    Mobile food bank Aug. 12 in Smethport
    August 1, 2025
    SMETHPORT — A mobile food bank sponsored by St. Elizabeth Church and Second Harvest Food Bank of Erie will be held Aug. 12 at the church for McKean Co...
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    Community contribution
    Business, Local News
    Community contribution
    August 1, 2025
    Pennsylvania American Water recently donated $5,000 toward the Kane Area Community Center’s after school and summer lunches program. From left are Mic...
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    Nuclear is big in Pennsylvania, but so is worry
    PA State News
    Nuclear is big in Pennsylvania, but so is worry
    By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    August 1, 2025
    HARRISBURG – Nearly half a century has passed since the partial nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island which shook the commonwealth and the industry. R...
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