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HARRISBURG — When state Rep. Matt Gabler, R-DuBois, asked — and was appointed — to serve on the House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Comm...

RIDGWAY — North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission is calling a $600,000 grant from Appalachian Regional Commission a “...

WARREN — This time next year, the nonprofit PA Wilds Center plans to pilot an online marketplace where consumers can buy authentic local products made...

The popular annual Moon Dance has been canceled, and the Kinzua Valley Trail Club is reaching out to friends and supporters in hopes to offset the los...

HARRISBURG — Legislation to improve the affordability and accessibility of emergency medical services training in rural areas has been approved by bot...

Looking for a way to brighten someone’s home this Christmas? The Zonta Club of Bradford has the answer: poinsettias. The local club is selling the fes...

Several projects are nearing completion for the Bradford Sanitary Authority (BSA). The Pine Street/Boylston Street project involving the rehabilitatio...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Southern Tier Catholic School and Archbishop Walsh Academy will host its Fall Auction & Raffle Fundraiser Saturday. The online auction p...

HARRISBURG — Grant funding for energy efficiency and pollution prevention projects for small business owners and farmers is still available from the P...

ALBANY, N.Y. — The rate of COVID-19 infections has risen enough in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut to require those states’ residents to quar...

The slow pace of bureaucracy is a running joke in America. It’s surprising, then, how quickly the Senate has advanced the confirmation hearings for Pr...

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf urged the Pennsylvania General Assembly to act on funding small businesses while the body is in session this week. “Small b...

PITTSBURGH — The average price of gasoline across Western Pennsylvania is a penny lower this week at $2.533 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’...

SUGAR GROVE — The PA Wilds Makers Market will be held online Oct. 24 and 25. This online shopping experience is designed to help you ‘find your next W...

Every year, The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund celebrates the Christmas season with the community — while raising money for its gift program — at the...

DUKE CENTER — Comments, concerns, and contentiousness were all present and accounted for at a two-hour meeting of the Otto Township supervisors Wednes...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, the U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the Treasury Department, released a simpler loan forgiven...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Commissioners on Tuesday authorized the county Redevelopment Authority to file an application for $242,667 in block gran...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A broadband initiative through North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission has been awarded $600,000 fr...

PITTSBURGH — Trail projects in northwestern Pennsylvania will move forward with new funding announced Wednesday by the Appalachian Regional Commission...