finance

The newest thing in government programs is the “universal basic income,” described by advocates as unconditional cash payments to fight poverty and he...

Robert Burrell, a Republican, is seeking the position of Bradford Township supervisor. He is a graduate of Bradford Area High School, Olean (N.Y.) Bus...

ALLEGANY, N.Y. — The approval of the preliminary 2021-22 budget of $24.5 million which represents no tax increase, as well as other orders of business...

WARREN — Allegheny National Forest officials announced that as part of the Great American Outdoors Act, four local projects have been selected for fun...

The most enlightening thing ever written about Bernie Madoff, the prodigiously corrupt financier who died in prison last week, was a jailhouse intervi...

WASHINGTON, D.C — On Monday, the SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced key details on application requirements, eligibility, and a prog...

CLEARFIELD — CNB Financial Corporation, the parent company of CNB Bank, announced its earnings for the quarter ended March 31, 2021. Joseph B. Bower J...

It’s plain that the federal gas tax is past its sell-by date. Originally introduced as a fair way for automobile drivers to pay for the upkeep of the ...

When the YWCA Bradford recently erected a new sign on its future property site on Congress Street, they did so to let the community know “we’re still ...

Bradford City will receive $17,500 in COVID-19 relief to support its Main Street and Elm Street programs. The funding is from the COVID-19 Relief – Su...

President Joe Biden has consistently stressed the need to address the racial inequity that plagues America. Nowhere is this inequity more pronounced t...

Taxpayers who contribute $5 billion a year toward the state government’s pension costs, and an amount equal to 34% of each school district’s payroll f...

ALLEGANY, N.Y.— In June of 1960, two 19-year-old Allegany boys, Mike Rehler and Bob Steiger, set off on a canoe trip on the Allegheny River that would...

If you’ve filled out your federal tax return by now, you may have noticed that Form 1040 includes a new question on top: Did you have any transactions...

Joe Biden wants to help us all, although he hasn’t figured out how to do it yet. Of course, it’s early in his presidency and maybe he will learn if he...

President Joe Biden’s massive American Jobs Plan is likely to come in two parts: a traditional transportation package as well as a domestic package th...

HARRISBURG — Recognizing the fundraising challenges fire and ambulance companies, as well as other nonprofit organizations, have faced due to COVID-19...

Like much of Joe Biden’s presidency to date, the $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan he laid out last Wednesday is remarkably ambitious. Rightly so. Ame...

The second round of grants from the McKean County Community Foundation (MCCF) of COVID-19 Assistance Fund was recently distributed. Representatives fr...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Several area nonprofits recently received grant support from charitable funds at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation established...