News
Feb 26, 2022
A recent study for the Center for Rural Pennsylvania called attention to a potential lack of access to mental health services in rural parts of the st...
Local News
Mar 10, 2021
Help is available to McKean County renters affected by COVID-19. Dan Wertz, administrator of the McKean County Department of Human Services, talked ab...
Bradford, Local News, News
Feb 01, 2021
SMETHPORT — After 24 plus years, Sue Hogue, will retire from McKean County and conclude her professional service in her role as a resource care coordi...
Bradford, Local News, News
Dec 31, 2020
SMETHPORT — At a special meeting Wednesday, the McKean County Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing the issuance of a tax and rev...
Local News
Nov 19, 2020
SMETHPORT — “As it stands now, we plan to continue with in-school instruction as long as we can.” That was the word Tuesday from Smethport Area School...
Bradford, Local News, News
May 27, 2020
During Tuesday’s regular meeting, McKean County commissioners declared May to be Mental Health Awareness Month. In their declaration, they stated that...
Local News
May 10, 2019
Budgets, funding and related fiscal changes are typically a hot topic when it comes to education. A recent report from Education Voters of Pennsylvani...
Local News, News
Mar 16, 2019
SMETHPORT — In his report to the Smethport Area School Board Thursday, Superintendent David London cited the costs to the district because of cyber ch...
Local News, News, Online Features
Dec 06, 2018
SMETHPORT — The Smethport Area School Board on Wednesday approved the appointment of Brice Benson as principal of the Smethport Area Junior-Senior Hig...
Local News, News
Jun 06, 2018
The 2017 state report on child welfare says the number of substantiated child abuse reports in McKean County were up last year. That’s true, said Dan ...
Local News, News
May 15, 2018
The Smethport Area School Board on Monday adopted the tentative preliminary general fund budget for fiscal year 2018-19 in the amount of $15,147,796. ...
Local News, News
Apr 18, 2018
SMETHPORT — Smethport Area School District officials expressed their serious concern Tuesday about the budgetary impact of the substantial amount of f...
Local News, News
Mar 13, 2018
SMETHPORT — In the continuing effort to erase cafeteria deficits, Smethport Area School superintendent David London said Monday that he backs trying a...
Local News, News
Dec 06, 2017
Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale thinks the state’s child welfare system is broken, and the head of McKean County’s Children and Youth S...
Local News, News, Online Features
Aug 11, 2017
A legal notice in Thursday’s Era caught a lot of attention, and is serving as a reminder that there are safe havens for newborns whose parents feel th...
Local News, News
Jul 13, 2017
SMETHPORT — Despite rejecting the fact finder's report on reconsideration at a special meeting Wednesday, Smethport Area School directors seem optimis...
Local News, News, Online Features
Apr 12, 2017
SMETHPORT — The McKean County Commissioners adopted a resolution Tuesday proclaiming April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and April 11 as Child Welfa...
Local News, News
Apr 11, 2017
SMETHPORT — In his report to the school board Monday, District Superintendent David London invited directors' comments about the preliminary 2017-18 b...
Local News, News
Jan 25, 2017
SMETHPORT –– The McKean County Commissioners approved a resolution Tuesday to enter into memorandums of understanding and transportation plans with th...
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...
