Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 07, 2020
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — This week’s election has been referred to by many as the “election like no other.” I hope that’s true, and what happened this week n...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 06, 2020
President Donald Trump characteristically and falsely declared Wednesday morning that he had won reelection. Although that might yet come to pass, the...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 06, 2020
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s fruitless calls Thursday morning to “Stop the count” underscored a major problem for the president: He needs som...
Local News
Nov 03, 2020
Pennsylvania State Police remind Pennsylvania residents to be vigilant this election season and to be aware of safety at the polls on Election Day. Wh...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 02, 2020
American voters have taken to heart the opportunity to vote early and by mail to beat the pandemic and the suddenly sluggish U.S. Postal Service. By F...
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 31, 2020
Plato argued that the longer a democracy endured, the more democratic it would become. America is the world’s oldest democratic republic, and indeed f...
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 20, 2020
Donald Trump and many of his backers insist that current polls underestimate his reelection chances because many Trump voters are not revealing their ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 12, 2020
The proposal from state House Republicans to create a Select Committee on Election Integrity, mere weeks before what promises to be a highly contentio...
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 02, 2020
Pennsylvania will be a crucial state in the 2020 presidential election, and the arms of government are flailing to ensure a timely, democratic voting ...
Local News, Online Features
Oct 01, 2020
So far, 2020 has been a year of many changes, and change often comes with challenges. The Era spoke with Lisa Pratt, McKean County director of electio...
Local News
Sep 25, 2020
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Aging on Friday encouraged older adults to be informed about their options for voting in the Nov. 3 Genera...
Opinion, Сolumns
Sep 11, 2020
The 2000 race for the White House came down to a hairbreadth result in a single state, Florida. George W. Bush, the Republican, insisted he had won, c...
Opinion, Сolumns
Sep 05, 2020
There’s a giant scheme afoot to disenfranchise voters in November — it’s called mail-in balloting. Mail-in voting has, like many things in our politic...
Local News
Oct 21, 2019
LITTLE VALLEY, N.Y — Cattaraugus County Election Commissioners Kevin Burleson and Cortney Spittler announced the board of elections will offer extende...
Nation & World, PA State News
June 15, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
PA State News
June 15, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
PA State News
June 14, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
Local News, Nation & World
June 14, 2025
Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
June 14, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
Local Sports
June 14, 2025
BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
