finance

Infrastructure is a crutch. A crutch can be something helpful — the sturdy tool you lean on to steady yourself when you need help getting to your feet...

The McKean County Community Foundation announced that it’s second set of COVID-19 Assistance Fund Grants totaling $33,530 have been distributed with $...

The McKean County Community Foundation has awarded CARE for Children $2,500 to support community outreach initiatives. CARE will use the funds to unde...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Twenty-two organizations recently received grants totaling $24,000 from the third round of funding from the COVID-19 Response Fund for C...

Today is National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day, and to celebrate, the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation is talking about how important thes...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Small Business Administration is increasing the maximum amount small businesses and non-profit organizations can borrow through ...

A wide variety of topics were discussed, including information on available small business loans, during the North Central Pennsylvania Regional Plann...

The U.S. is set to recover from the pandemic-induced recession faster than other rich countries thanks to its successful vaccination effort and copiou...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced it’s revamped the Green Energy Loan Fund to make it easier for commerci...

Taxes are one of those things that seem as permanent as a scar, indelible as a tattoo. It is one of the reasons we bristle when one is proposed. We ha...

SMETHPORT — Faced with a preliminary 2021-22 budget that shows a deficit of more than $600,000 fueled by many unanticipated expenditures from the COVI...

Neatly tucked into the $1.9 trillion stimulus package is the second largest welfare expansion in U.S. history. President Joe Biden’s plan would increa...

President Joe Biden has signed what may well end up being the biggest accomplishment of his presidency, an enormous $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill. W...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Grant applications for funding from the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation’s Community Fund are due April 21. The Community Fund is...

More than 15 years ago, many state-level politicians were so eager for gas industry investment in Pennsylvania that they treated drillers as benefacto...

Help is available to McKean County renters affected by COVID-19. Dan Wertz, administrator of the McKean County Department of Human Services, talked ab...

SIGNS: Larry Combs from Limestone called us on Friday to tell us about some signs of spring. “I saw three robins,” he said. “They were feeding on the ...

HARRISBURG — Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, announced plans to host a Property Tax/Rent Rebate Clinic to aid eligible Cameron County-area resident...

WASHINGTON — If you have high blood pressure, do not read this “Budget and Economic Outlook” from the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO regularly p...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Many college students have more to worry about than simply showing up for class and getting good grades. Concerns for some extend to pay...