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HOWARD — Friday, Representatives Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., and G. K. Butterfield, D-N.C., introduced the bipartisan Helping Ensure Access to Local T...

The universal masking order was officially lifted today by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, though the department still continues to urge citize...

Smethport Area Elementary School will be the site of a Family COVID-19 vaccine clinic for those age 12 and older on June 29. The clinic is a collabora...

The local region of Cameron, Elk, McKean and Potter counties has experienced 145 COVID-19 deaths since the discovery of the novel coronavirus. This is...

McKean County had 4 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the one of the local counties to see an increase, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported ...

Pennsylvania Department of Health Alison Beam made an announcement Thursday: the mask order will be lifted by June 28. “After reviewing the vaccinatio...

KANE — This month, UPMC Kane launched a new virtual telemedicine hospitalist program in partnership with the UPMC Center for Community Hospitalist Med...

There were another dozen cases of COVID-19 added to the local case count as of Tuesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. McKean Cou...

There were 15 new cases of COVID-19 in the region as of Thursday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. McKean County had 3,718 total ca...

AUXILIARY OF THE BRADFORD ECUMENICAL HOME will meet at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Francis of Assisi social hall on St. Francis Drive. Follow the curre...

Don’t throw out those masks yet. Recent changes in masking guidance has not changed the recommendations for anyone entering Bradford Regional Medical ...

DuBOIS — During the week of May 10-14, Penn Highlands Healthcare will plant a tree at each of their nine facility locations to honor those who lost th...

Bradford Regional Medical Center and Olean General Hospital honored its nursing staff in conjunction with the hospitals’ National Nurses Week activiti...

There were 33 additional cases of COVID-19 reported in the region as of Wednesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health McKean County ha...

HARRISBURG — The Wolf administration, in coordination with the COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force, announced that mitigation orders except masking will...

The local region had 17 additional positive cases of the virus as of Wednesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. McKean County had ...

There were 15 more cases of COVID-19 reported in the region as of Monday. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, McKean County had 10 mor...

SMETHPORT — In a report to the McKean County commissioners, Zach Pearson, McKean County director of veterans affairs, said the Erie Veterans Administr...

While the topic of COVID-19 vaccine distribution continues to bring more questions than clarity, there is good news in the area for those who already ...

WASHINGTON — Forty-two community health centers in Pennsylvania — including Keystone Rural Health Consortia in Emporium, Pa. — will receive funding fr...