Local News
Jul 15, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK — A grant of more than $1 million from the National Science Foundation will support a researcher in Penn State’s College of Agricultur...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Jul 06, 2020
Last week, Matt Wilson, Terra Haines and I were in Cameron County on our quest for rattlesnakes. None of us intended to harm the snakes in any way, th...
Local News
Jul 02, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK — A study documenting bees that are reported to occur in Pennsylvania has found the presence of 437 species, including 49 never before...
Bradford, Local News, News
Jun 23, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK — An eight-part webinar series developed by Penn State Extension aims to teach people all about bees, discussing topics as diverse as ...
Local News
Jun 19, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK — Recent alarming news reports aside, Asian giant hornets — sometimes referred to, hyperbolically, as “murder hornets” — are not an im...
Bradford, News, Round the Square
May 29, 2020
FIREFLY VIEWING AFTER ALL: Due to the lifting of restrictions by Governor Wolf, the PA Firefly Festival has decided to offer some limited programs for...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
May 01, 2020
More than ever, taking a walk, especially hiking, has become an attractive form of exercise. Hiking trails remain open to the public within the Allegh...
Local News
Apr 25, 2020
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection began its 2020 Black Fly Suppression Program this week. The program involves aeri...
Bradford, Local News, News
Apr 06, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK — An early spring brings warmth, daffodils and outside play. It also signals — to the chagrin of many property owners across Pennsylva...
Bradford, Local News, News
Feb 28, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK — For residents of southeastern Pennsylvania, winter provides a brief respite from the spotted lanternfly, an insect invader that has ...
Local News
Oct 01, 2019
UNIVERSITY PARK — Identifying potential spotted lanternfly stomping grounds beyond Pennsylvania’s current 14-county quarantine zone is the focus of a ...
Local News, News, Round the Square
Sep 26, 2019
Woolly worm: Richard Hannon captured a video of a woolly worm on a mission on Saturday. Despite its fast pace and obviously busy schedule, The Era sta...
Local News
Sep 14, 2019
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. – Don’t wait to make your reservations for Enchanted Forest, Audubon Community Nature Center’s captivating and enlightening non-scary ...
Local News, Online Features
Sep 13, 2019
The buzz about honey bees is that their population is still in danger. Recent data from the Bee Informed Partnership shows honey bee populations conti...
Local News
Sep 12, 2019
SINNEMAHONING — September is a perfect time of year to watch wildlife at Sinnemahoning State Park: Birds and butterflies are migrating, elk are buglin...
Bradford, Local News, News, ...
Aug 21, 2019
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. – Imagine how delightful it would be in an indoor garden filled with free-flying monarch butterflies. Visitors can experience even mor...
Round the Square
Aug 17, 2019
BEES : Today is National Honey Bee Day. In the world today, there are 19,000 different species of bees, and they are responsible for pollinating 30% o...
Bradford, Round the Square
Aug 02, 2019
More PA wildlife information: Skunks are another nocturnal species that share our living space here in Pennsylvania. A skunk’s stripes point to where ...
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
Jun 27, 2019
Like ghosts skimming the night sky, the bats were a welcome sight. While most shun their night flight, their very presence means there will be less bu...
Round the Square
Jun 13, 2019
FIREFLIES : Starting around this time of year in June, night time visitors to some remote pockets of the Allegheny National Forest may get a glimpse a...
Lifestyles, Local News, Local Sports, ...
August 2, 2025
Mast crops are spotty this year, except for acorns. Soft mast, like apples and wild cherries, seems to be minimal to none in most areas. Soft mast blo...
Round the Square
August 2, 2025
EXCITED: It's August — are you getting excited for the fabulous events in McKean County during this back-to-school month? It's Festa Italiana in Bradf...
Lifestyles
August 2, 2025
Dear Heloise: When hanging up pictures, it is best to drill a pilot hole into the plaster for the nail before hammering it in. If one does not drill a...
Lifestyles
August 2, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I made a terrible mistake moving 2,000 miles across the country to be closer to my grandchildren. In the past, I have always noticed my son...
Local News
August 2, 2025
EMPORIUM — Educational programs are on tap today at Sizerville State Park. Tracks and Traces is set for 3 p.m. at the Environmental Learning Center. H...
National Sports
August 1, 2025
(TNS) — Four years ago, the Pirates eschewed a traditional draft strategy and instead took Henry Davis No. 1 overall, using the savings to sign other ...
