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Mar 10, 2021
DCNR NEWS: Governor Tom Wolf has lifted requirements for proof of a negative COVID-19 test in order to visit Pennsylvania state parks. All state park ...
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Work to resume on Route 6 in Port Allegany
Local News
Marcie 
Mar 09, 2021
CLEARFIELD — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will resume work on U.S. Route 6 in Port Allegany on Monday, with work continuing until Jun...
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Pa. legislators react to Levine’s nomination
Local News, Online Features
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Jan 20, 2021
Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine has been nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to the post of assistant secretary of health at t...
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Elk County has two more COVID-19 deaths
Bradford, Local News, News
RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Dec 14, 2020
Two additional deaths were reported in Elk County over the weekend, bringing the total of COVID-19 deaths there to 12. The Pennsylvania Department of ...
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Gov. Wolf has COVID-19
Local News
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
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...
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Gov. Wolf Tests Positive for COVID-19
Local News, Online Features
Marcie 
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...
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Department of Health encourages flu vaccines
Local News
RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Dec 09, 2020
Cases of influenza are low in Pennsylvania right now, but it’s too early to say how prevalent the disease will be in the 2020-21 season. Pennsylvania ...
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New COVID-19 cases in all four local counties
Bradford, Local News, News
RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Nov 28, 2020
New cases of COVID-19 were reported in all four local counties, and one local county — Elk — reported one new death on Friday. The Pennsylvania Depart...
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Ridgway to return to in-person instruction
Local News
Marcie 
Nov 06, 2020
RIDGWAY — Ridgway Middle-High School students will return to in-person instruction on Monday. In a statement released Thursday evening, district offic...
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Elk County sees 21 new cases over Halloween weekend
Bradford, Local News, News
RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Nov 02, 2020
All four local counties saw an increase in COVID-19 cases over the Halloween weekend, with Elk County reporting 21 new cases. Between Friday and noon ...
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Ridgway High moving to remote learning
Local News
JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
Oct 30, 2020
Ridgway Middle/High School will transition to remote instruction for the week of Nov. 2 — 6 due to the number of coronavirus cases and quarantined stu...
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Coudersport school district reports case of COVID-19
Local News
JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
Oct 28, 2020
The Coudersport Area School District distributed a letter Tuesday notifying families that a confirmed case of coronavirus has been reported. The stude...
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Case counts increase in three local counties
Bradford, Local News, News
RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Oct 19, 2020
The number of cases in three local counties went up on Saturday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The department did not have updat...
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Rumors about COVID-19 at local store unconfirmed
Local News
RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Sep 17, 2020
Did an employee at Walmart in Bradford test positive for COVID-19, or is it just another rumor? That question remained unanswered as of Wednesday. An ...
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