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HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf and Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding on Saturday kicked off the 2020 Pennsylvania Farm Show, inviting the show’s thous...

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf has announced the approval of more than $5 million in new funding to support community revitalization projects across the c...

A tray of homemade cookies is such a traditional part of holiday celebrations that we term treats baked during this time of year “Christmas cookies.” ...

If you’ve read any hunting magazines or watched any hunting shows on TV in the past 20 years or so, it comes as no surprise to learn that there are fe...

HARRISBURG — On Thursday, Gov. Tom Wolf announced his new initiative “Reach Out PA: Your Mental Health Matters,” which aims to expand access to mental...

ALLENTOWN — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., is continuing his fight to help Pennsylvania workers, consumers, and job creators that have been hurt by the ...

ERIE — National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp. is asking the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to raise rates beginning in August. National Fuel sub...

As the nation prepared to ring in the new year, The Era talked to several local officials, clergy and residents to find out about what they’d like to ...

SMETHPORT — Taxes are going up one mill in 2020 for McKean County property owners. The McKean County commissioners passed a budget at Monday’s meeting...

PITTSBURGH — The average price of gasoline across Western Pennsylvania is five cents higher this week at $2.863 per gallon, according to AAA East Cent...

Bradford City Council passed a final budget that calls for an increase in property tax rates, but an increase that is far less than first anticipated....

Once again, the First Night Bradford committee has pulled together a remarkable number of activities to help locals celebrate the coming of 2020. The ...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — The state Department of Agriculture hit a milestone the first week of December: It handed out more than 1 million spotted lanternfly...

When Foster Township Police Chief Tom Munn arrived at his station Tuesday after handling a couple of motor vehicle accidents, he was pleasantly surpri...

Christmas is just hours away. Children are palpably excited. Parents are visibly exhausted. Teachers are rejoicing at a break. And I am pondering the ...

Ken Gerg thinks with unemployment low and the stock market high the economy is good. Unemployment numbers are low because many people are employed as ...

PITTSBURGH — The average price of gasoline across Western Pennsylvania is two cents cheaper this week at $2.816 per gallon, according to AAA East Cent...

Seneca Resources had a productive year in 2019. Rob Boulware, spokesman for Seneca, recently provided an update. Seneca Resources, the exploration and...

Holiday poem from 1920, The McKean County Trust Company: ‘Twas the week before Christmas and all through the town, everybody was busy up Main street a...

A light in the otherwise bleak prognosis for the 2020 budget was presented to Bradford City Council during a work session Friday. Police Chief Chris L...