Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
Jan 12, 2023
Some memories never fade but remain clear and vibrant over the years. Many of these involve rites of passage. For girls this is first physical, then s...
Local Sports, Outdoors
Dec 01, 2022
When Doug Peffer opened his big-game butcher shop, deer hunters around the intersection of Beaver, Butler and Lawrence counties could pick from perhap...
News, Outdoors, PA State News
Nov 06, 2022
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Deer hunting in Pennsylvania got a little easier, and it has nothing to do with regulations or firearms. About three weeks until Pe...
News, PA State News
Mar 25, 2022
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Hunters killed an estimated 376,810 whitetail deer in the 2021-22 seasons, down sharply from the previous hunting-license year, acc...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 07, 2022
This year’s standardized test scores for public school students came with the usual caveats from the state Department of Education to not consider the...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
Dec 09, 2021
Big bucks are exceedingly skilled at evading hunters. When they’re three and half years of age, they become almost totally nocturnal and expert at sta...
Bradford, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Nov 14, 2020
Deer season didn’t seem to be such a long, drawn out affair years ago. Few hunted archery, the camps were full and the great majority of hunters looke...
Outdoors, Outdoors
Oct 24, 2020
I arrived at camp Rack & Feather early. The cell phone rang, it was Jim Acker. His wife, Carla, was preparing a large dish of lasagna and a salad for ...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Jun 04, 2020
She stood looking alert with her fawn standing nearby. What a sight! Chances were that there was another newborn in the vicinity as well. A couple of ...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
May 28, 2020
Over the past month or so it’s been interesting to note where wildlife observations have been taking place. And human intervention or the lack thereof...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
Feb 18, 2020
There’s a sign on my gun safe that states, “I’ve hunted nearly every day of my life, the rest have been wasted.” This sounds like a huge exaggeration,...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Feb 07, 2020
Now that we’re really into winter, I guess it’s a good time to reflect on the joys and surprises of the recent holidays and visits with friends. The f...
Bradford, Columns, Outdoors, ...
Nov 23, 2019
The rut begins in October when the air turns crisp and leaves begin to fall. Occasionally, during a full moon on a windless night this time of year yo...
News, Round the Square
Oct 07, 2019
Contradicting woolly worms: Andy Heffner of Ormsby stopped by The Era newsroom recently to bring us a woolly worm that snuck into his newly built gree...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Aug 15, 2019
The view from one of my favorite vistas offered the same scenery, but something was different. While the leaves on the trees have yet to exhibit brill...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
May 25, 2019
The human mind is a curious thing. Capable of astonishing accomplishments, it is also sometimes stubbornly inflexible. Many times, once a belief is fi...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Mar 02, 2019
I awoke and with some trepidation and looked hesitantly out the window. It was snowing hard when I went to bed and a quick glance outside showed the f...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Dec 29, 2018
I burst through the door in a cloud of icy air, swirling snowflakes and extreme excitement. My face was flushed bright, beet red from the 15 degree te...
Columns, Football, High School, ...
Nov 17, 2018
It’s a long drive to Osage Beach, Missouri, 16 to 17 hours in fact with good weather and minimum traffic problems. So it wasn’t surprising that Jim Zi...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Oct 25, 2018
The first couple of weeks of archery season, temperatures were well above normal. Weather conditions may have seemed nice, but research has shown that...
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...
