economics

WARREN — Northwest Bank, a subsidiary of Northwest Bancshares, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its insurance bu...

Infrastructure is a crutch. A crutch can be something helpful — the sturdy tool you lean on to steady yourself when you need help getting to your feet...

The United Way of the Bradford Area is currently accepting applications for the second quarter of Quarterly Impact funding for 2021. Eligible non-prof...

ERIE — The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has lifted the utility service termination moratorium, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp. an...

The Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department is pleased to announce that last Wednesday, a contract was signed to purchase two custom 2022 KME fire...

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. — The board of directors for the National Fuel Gas Company Foundation, the charitable giving arm of National Fuel Gas Company, hel...

The McKean County Community Foundation announced that it’s second set of COVID-19 Assistance Fund Grants totaling $33,530 have been distributed with $...

PITTSBURGH — Gas prices in Western Pennsylvania are two cents cheaper this week at $3.010 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Twenty-two organizations recently received grants totaling $24,000 from the third round of funding from the COVID-19 Response Fund for C...

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. – National Fuel Gas Company announced targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions for its utility segment, National Fuel Gas D...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills’ home has a new name: Highmark Stadium. The newly rebranded health insurer, Highmark BlueCross, BlueShield...

Today is National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day, and to celebrate, the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation is talking about how important thes...

Dexter’s Service & Collision is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. Owner Al Dexter recently talked to the Era about all the changes the busin...

Pennsylvania, like many other states, has a digital divide that separates the haves from the have-nots. And at no other time has this divide seemed wi...

Four years after the Legislature eliminated registration stickers that vehicle owners used to have to affix to their license plates, someone who misse...

There’s some scientific justification for using vaccine passports to allow vaccinated people — and only vaccinated people — back into restaurants, mov...

Pennsylvania’s unemployment centers have failed to keep up with last year’s surge in demand, and thousands of state residents have been thrust into a ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Small Business Administration is increasing the maximum amount small businesses and non-profit organizations can borrow through ...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County commissioners approved a resolution Wednesday amending the inmate telephone service agreement to add two years to the ex...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportations reminds Pennsylvanians that expiration dates for commercial driver licenses and commercial...