News
May 15, 2021
HARRISBURG — Department of Health Acting Secretary Alison Beam announced that Pennsylvania is adopting the CDC’s recommendation that fully vaccinated ...
News, Online Features
May 14, 2021
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has announced support for vaccination of those age 12 and over, following the approval of the Pfizer vaccine for...
News
May 12, 2021
HARRISBURG — The Wolf Administration on Tuesday announced that event and gathering maximum occupancy limits will be increased to 50 percent for indoor...
News
May 05, 2021
HARRISBURG — The Wolf administration, in coordination with the COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force, announced that mitigation orders except masking will...
News
Apr 29, 2021
Fully vaccinated people can now keep their masks off outdoors in uncrowded areas. That’s the new guidance this week from the Pennsylvania Department o...
Local News
Mar 20, 2021
HARRISBURG — The Special Committee on Election Integrity and Reform will hold its second hearing as it continues its comprehensive review of the 2020 ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 15, 2021
Several weeks ago, when national surveys suggested that a sizable portion of the U.S. population had no intention of getting vaccinated against COVID-...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 13, 2021
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — OK, Pennsylvania, let’s get creative. Now that the nation’s leading health authority finally has offered advice for how people vacci...
Bradford, Local News, News
Feb 18, 2021
Vaccine distribution is an ongoing issue, and some locations have administered doses intended as second doses to new patients, The Pennsylvania Depart...
Local News, Online Features
Jan 05, 2021
Employees and residents at Bradford Ecumenical Home Inc. received their first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine on Monday. Through their p...
Local News
Dec 15, 2020
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas — albeit, a virtual one. As cases of COVID-19 rise across the nation, the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Local News
Dec 10, 2020
Pennsylvania residents were expecting some sort of COVID-19-related announcement from Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday, but they certainly weren’t expecting...
Local News, Online Features
Dec 09, 2020
HARRISBURG — Governor Tom Wolf announced today that he tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday and is in isolation at home. The governor released the f...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 07, 2020
With COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths climbing, policymakers understandably want a response that protects lives and livelihoods. Many have ...
Local News
Nov 24, 2020
PORT ALLEGANY — In an effort to decrease the community spread of COVID-19, the S.W. Smith Memorial Public Library will return to Library To-Go Window ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 03, 2020
Barely three weeks into the school year, I learned that three of my friends had their kids home again — in quarantine. Oh no, I thought. They all got ...
Health
Nov 03, 2020
How does handwashing remove germs? The CDC notes that soap and water worked into a lather trap and remove germs and chemicals from hands. Water is a v...
Editorials
Sep 09, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has quietly revised testing guidelines for COVID-19. Regarding people who have come into contact with a...
Bradford, Local News, News
Jul 31, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) are teaming up again to encourage Americans to wear a mask when they ...
Bradford, Local News, News
Jul 18, 2020
PORT ALLEGANY — The S.W. Smith Memorial Public Library will begin welcoming patrons back into the library building on July 21. Entrance to the buildin...
Nation & World, PA State News
June 15, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
PA State News
June 15, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
PA State News
June 14, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
Local News, Nation & World
June 14, 2025
Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
June 14, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
Local Sports
June 14, 2025
BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
