economics

The treasurer of the Coudersport Volunteer Fire Department has been charged with allegedly stealing more than $39,000 from the department’s funds. Joe...

HARRISBURG — Legislation authored by Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, to support ambulance services, particularly those in rural areas, was signed i...

The Pirates aren't expected to make a final decision on whether or not to pick up Chris Archer's $11 million option for 2021 until close to the 5 p.m....

RIDGWAY — There’s good news for area companies that are interested in international trade. North Central’s Export Program has announced that there are...

Bradford City and the Bradford City Water Authority are discussing a new timber agreement. Through the timber agreements, the city gets a portion of t...

RIDGWAY — The North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission, in cooperation with the Department of Conservation and Natural ...

Joe Biden wants to take one of the great American success stories of the past several decades and drive it into the ground. He would turn his back on ...

WASHINGTON — The Rixford, Pa., Water Association was awarded $153,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Water and Waste Disposal lo...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Commissioners agreed Tuesday to apply for a Multimodal Transportation Fund Grant of $235,204 from the Pennsylvania Depar...

It’s time for an upgrade. An invitation for bids has been issued regarding the proposed rehabilitation of the South Center Street and Brookline Court ...

September’s unemployment rate for the region was headed in the right direction, as it is down in each local county. On Tuesday, the state Department o...

The prescription opioid crisis that has taken well over 100,000 American lives and ruined hundreds of thousands more wasn’t just an accident of time o...

The average price of gasoline across Western Pennsylvania is a penny lower this week at $2.521 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price R...

The coronavirus has thrown the shale gas industry into flux. Worldwide oil prices have collapsed, and America’s shale sector has lost 50% of its value...

EMPORIUM — Emporium-based state police are investigating what they say are a string of arsons that occurred since July 5 in Gibson Township, Cameron C...

Every court case that comes to a plea deal is a game of poker. Who has the better hand? Who has the better bluff? Who has the most to lose or everythi...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., is pushing a new measure to increase the affordability of long-term care insurance. Toomey’s Long-Term Care ...

STATE COLLEGE — In response to the challenges facing local local volunteer fire fighting companies due to COVID-19, State College-based Nittany MinitM...

Its significance might have been lost on most people, but a recent ruling by a district judge in Jefferson County represents a huge victory for journa...

Pennsylvania is staring at a fiscal cliff. It’s easy but perilous to ignore state budget minutiae amid a contentious presidential election. Right now ...