economics

The Bradford Area Chamber of Commerce is starting a promotion to support local restaurants and small businesses during this shutdown period. “It is im...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities and Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) are urging homeowners struggling to ...

This year’s holiday shopping is a bit different than normal. Stores are struggling to find the best ways to sanitize, allow for social distancing and ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — One of the things that is certain about this crazy year, we can all find things to be grateful for. At the forefront is our gratitud...

State lawmakers and other top state officials will not get a cost-of-living salary increase in 2021 because legislators took the unusual step of passi...

Lyme Timber Co. has acquired 92,000 acres of timberland in the region from Seneca Resources, bringing Lyme’s regional forestland ownership to 159,000 ...

ERIE — Crisis grants offered through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) are currently available for LIHEAP eligible customers who ...

Social media has its drawbacks. It’s a shallow, easy vehicle by which to propagate erroneous or misleading information. It has made it easier to detac...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Gov. Tom Wolf said he took all of the precautions, yet he still caught the coronavirus. I fear that’s going to make his job trying t...

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf put into place on Thursday new, temporary restrictions on restaurants, bringing indoor dining to a halt effective today. Th...

RIDGWAY — During the month of November, 66 teachers from the North Central region participated in an 8-hour virtual “teacher in the workplace” program...

DUKE CENTER — The Otto-Eldred agricultural business class sold its products through a new business called The Rustic Duck Co. The AG business class is...

The Zonta Club of Bradford’s annual Queen of Hearts Card Party is being canceled for the February 2021 year. Due to the rising cases of COVID-19 in th...

MOUNT ALTON — Meeting solely by Zoom Wednesday, members of the Bradford Regional Airport Authority approved the airport’s 2021 budget. “Much of the re...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, there has been a huge increase in cyber charter school enrollment across the country, including in Pennsylvania, wher...

It will be news to many Pennsylvanians that serious discussions are going on in the state about a significant increase in the tax on gasoline and on-r...

Two McKean County entities are a little closer to realizing new energy efficient standards, thanks to recent grant awards. Port Allegany School Distri...

The European Union is taking on Big Tech, an example that our government — and the incoming administration in Washington — should follow. Antitrust ch...

SMETHPORT (EC) — With two members absent Monday, Smethport Borough Council adopted the 2021 budget that totals $3,466,262 and carries no tax increase....

American Refining Group announced this week Charlotte Layton’s promotion to director of quality and product development. ARG President and Chief Opera...