Bradford Regional Medical Center submits closure notice; transitioning to outpatient care center
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Transitioning to outpatient care center 
By SARA FURLONG  news@bradfordera.com  
February 17, 2026
(Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional information available from hospital officials and state Rep. Martin Causer Tuesday afterno...

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Israel gets direct on hostages
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Feb 15, 2024
Negotiations designed to secure the release of hostages taken during the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel “were productive and serious,” CNN repor...
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Feb 14, 2024
Dog abuse charges bound to court against Bradford man Charges including animal cruelty were bound to McKean County Court on Wednesday by District Judg...
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Hearing set for June in homicide case against Moore
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Feb 14, 2024
A hearing has been scheduled for June in Potter County Court on the 2021 pretrial motion of Kyle Moore, accused with two others of torturing and murde...
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Reorganization sparks debate in Bradford Township
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MANDY COLOSIMO m.colosimo@bradfordera.com 
Feb 14, 2024
The monthly meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Bradford Township heard from all five members of the Zoning and Hearing Board on Monday night, who ...
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Slaven back at BASD as career mentor
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MANDY COLOSIMO m.colosimo@bradfordera.com 
Feb 13, 2024
The Bradford Area School Board covered a lot of topics Monday night. From Tina Slaven returning to the district as a career mentor to the expulsion of...
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Court beat
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Feb 12, 2024
Elkland woman charged for allegedly offering cops bribe An Elkland woman is in McKean County Jail for allegedly offering state troopers sexual favors ...
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Is legal marijuana coming?
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NICK VADALA and GILLIAN McGOLDRICK 
Feb 12, 2024
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Legalizing recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania has for years seemed like a far-fetched idea that gained little traction in Harri...
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Hamas not interested in diplomacy
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Feb 09, 2024
Benjamin Netanyahu might have been too kind this week when he called Hamas’ response to a cease-fire proposal brokered by Qatar “delusional.” “There i...
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Pa. Supreme Court takes aim at politics of cruelty
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FRANCIS WILKINSON Bloomberg Opinion/TNS 
Feb 07, 2024
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court delivered a victory to abortion-rights advocates in directing a lower court to consider a challenge to the state’s 1982...
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Area legislators react to Shapiro’s budget address
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Feb 07, 2024
HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget may contain some laudable goals for rural Pennsylvania, but area legislators were put off by what they saw as ...
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Blair County men jailed after traffic stop
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Feb 06, 2024
SMETHPORT — Two Blair County men were jailed Tuesday following a traffic stop in Sergeant Township where more than 2 pounds of marijuana was found in ...
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