economics

SURVEY: Folks in rural parts of Pennsylvania may be more apt to wax poetic about the beauty of nature than people who live in cities, but a study has ...

PITTSBURGH — The average price of gasoline across Western Pennsylvania is a penny higher this week at $2.354 per gallon, according to AAA East Central...

HARRISBURG — On Friday, Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Dennis Davin announced that new funding is available to 60 Pennsylv...

The coronavirus pandemic has caused unprecedented need throughout the world. In McKean County, and throughout its coverage area, the Second Harvest Fo...

Bradford Ecumenical Home Inc. will host Kev’s Best Chicken BBQ on June 18 for a fundraiser to benefit first responders. Dinners will be served startin...

The COVID-19 virus has been two-fold in its effects on families. First, it has cooped many of us together in an unprecedented manner. School, work, en...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following a request from U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., for the federal Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Comptroller General t...

HOWARD — On Thursday, Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., joined three other congressmen to introduce bipartisan legislation to expand access to Paycheck Prot...

KANE — The nonprofit PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship is encouraging small tourism-related businesses in the 13 counties of the Pennsylvania Wilds...

Multiple residents on Derrick Road experienced flooding issues on June 3, some even experiencing property damage. Many blamed the flooding on the inst...

DuBOIS — Penn Highlands Healthcare has launched a year-long weight loss and diabetes prevention program at no cost to participants, accessible online ...

The Coronavirus pandemic and related stay-at-home orders resulted in drastic changes for the unemployment levels in Pennsylvania during the month of A...

HARRISBURG — Working to bring much-needed broadband internet service to the state’s most rural communities, the House has approved legislation authore...

On June 3, Zippo Manufacturing Co. produced its 600 millionth lighter, each of which has been made in the city of Bradford. The company had originally...

WARREN — The Allegheny National Forest will open All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) trails for the summer operating season at 8 a.m. June 19, 2020. The riding ...

Bradford City Council opened bids for the 2020 Resurfacing Project: Liquid Fuels and awarded the contract during Tuesday’s meeting. Councilman Dan Pal...

Strap on your running shoes and get ready to run from Presque Isle to the Mason-Dixon Line to the Delaware River — virtually, that is. Wolf Creek Race...

Six Bradford Area High School seniors recently earned certificates from the online based “TestOut” program, which according to Doug Rose, computer tec...

UNIVERSITY PARK — After a severe drought gripped the Prairie Pothole Region of the U.S. and Canada in the 1980s, populations of almost all dabbling du...

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf announced Thursday that the Office of State Fire Commissioner will be working to enact recent legislation to provide $50 mi...