economics

OUCH, THAT BURNS: Cookouts this year are going to cost consumers so much more than last year, according to both the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau and the A...

The Bradford Creative Performing Arts Center (BCPAC) is launching this year’s “Heart of the Arts” event, which will be going on throughout July and Au...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state House of Representatives and Senate returned to the Capitol on Tuesday, as leaders of the Republican-controlled...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Community Foundation announced a partnership with the McKean County Board of Commissioners to benefit nonprofit organiza...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an adverse effect on almost every aspect of American life, from the economy to public education. And it has worsened a p...

PORT ALLEGANY — Get Hooked on Your Library Happy Hour fundraiser at S.W. Smith Memorial Public Library will be held from 6 to 9 p.m., Friday, July 8. ...

{p class=”krtHeadline”}PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The state announced Monday that a deal had been reached to expand passenger access to railroads in Western P...

ew issues within America’s dysfunctional health care system are more pressing than the astronomical price of insulin — access to which is, for million...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvaniafell to No. 7 nationally in maple syrup production, as the amount of the sticky, sweet stuff flowing through taps in th...

BOSTON — Drivers will be facing the most expensive July 4th at the pump ever this year, though the news isn’t all bad. According to GasBuddy, the lead...

MAKING MONEY MATTER: They’ve graduated and thoughts about the futures ahead of them, where they are going is beginning to take on a new and scary plac...

Surging natural gas prices could raise Pennsylvania's impact fee revenue from shale gas wells to new highs this year and shrink its effective tax rate...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials on Thursday ordered Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the U.S. market, the latest blow to the emb...

KANE — Two local students will receive the Sandy Cochran Memorial Scholarship, which is for students across the region with aspirations to pursue a ca...

Gas prices in Western Pennsylvania have fallen by two cents this week to $5.007 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. Average ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Pat Toomey, R-Pa., commended the Senate Finance Committee for advancing three of his bills as part of the Enhancing American...

STAY COOL: We are all feeling the heat — not just at the pumps, but in nearly every aspect of life right now, including the summer sun. In a recent pr...

COVID CASH IMPACT: A recent study, from April, surveyed 1,117 Americans regarding the use of cash, and quite possibly the future of banking, since the...

COUDERSPORT — Area residents are invited to make a napkin basket at the Potter County Artisan Co-op to benefit Ukrainian refugees from noon to 5 p.m. ...

{p class=”krtHeadline”}PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Thousands of people from neighboring states may come to Pennsylvania to terminate their pregnancies if a f...