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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...

Help is available to McKean County renters affected by COVID-19. Dan Wertz, administrator of the McKean County Department of Human Services, talked ab...

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...

SMETHPORT — At a special meeting Wednesday, the McKean County Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing the issuance of a tax and rev...

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...

During Tuesday’s regular meeting, McKean County commissioners declared May to be Mental Health Awareness Month. In their declaration, they stated that...

Budgets, funding and related fiscal changes are typically a hot topic when it comes to education. A recent report from Education Voters of Pennsylvani...

SMETHPORT — In his report to the Smethport Area School Board Thursday, Superintendent David London cited the costs to the district because of cyber ch...

SMETHPORT — The Smethport Area School Board on Wednesday approved the appointment of Brice Benson as principal of the Smethport Area Junior-Senior Hig...

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 ...

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. ...

SMETHPORT — Smethport Area School District officials expressed their serious concern Tuesday about the budgetary impact of the substantial amount of f...

SMETHPORT — In the continuing effort to erase cafeteria deficits, Smethport Area School superintendent David London said Monday that he backs trying a...

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...

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...

SMETHPORT — Despite rejecting the fact finder's report on reconsideration at a special meeting Wednesday, Smethport Area School directors seem optimis...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Commissioners adopted a resolution Tuesday proclaiming April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and April 11 as Child Welfa...

SMETHPORT — In his report to the school board Monday, District Superintendent David London invited directors' comments about the preliminary 2017-18 b...

SMETHPORT –– The McKean County Commissioners approved a resolution Tuesday to enter into memorandums of understanding and transportation plans with th...