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In a letter sent to families on Monday, Gary Buchsen, superintendent of the Port Allegany School District, informed parents that Port Allegany High Sc...

Many of us started 2020 with resolutions and looking forward to the year ahead. Well, we all know 2020 just wasn’t what we thought it would be. After ...

Bradford Area School District students returned to remote learning Monday. A statement released by the district explains the status of returning to in...

Caregivers play vital roles in the lives of the people they look after. That’s especially true for people caring for dementia patients, many of whom r...

St. Marys School District has opted to extend remote learning due to COVID-19 case counts in Elk County. Information shared via social media wished st...

As 2020 unfolded, the world learned just how quickly the novel coronavirus COVID-19 could spread. The World Health Organization noted that, by Septemb...

While there may not be a substantial amount of snow, the area may at least have a covering of white on the ground just in time for Santa to fly in wit...

WOMEN’S LITERARY CLUB will not be meeting for an indefinite period of time . Due to COVID-19, the group is concerned for the health and safety of memb...

UNIVERSITY PARK — One of the things that is certain about this crazy year, we can all find things to be grateful for. At the forefront is our gratitud...

“The pandemic has worsened stress, as boundaries between home and work have been blurred,” says Dr. Alex Dimitriu, founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & ...

Yoga practitioners know that a daily dose of sun can help focus the mind, improve circulation and tone muscles. Now the face can get in on the action,...

Muscle pain and muscle aches are part of life and can happen to just about everyone. Whether they’re from tension, stress, a sports injury or a medica...

Winter is the customary cold and flu season, and a time during which many people aren’t as vigilant about maintaining their health as they might be at...

Barbara Bell knows the importance of medical care and regular visits to the doctor, and why they’re vital for her during the pandemic. Bell, a retired...

January is National Blood Donor Month, but there is never a bad time to be a blood donor and help save lives. Extreme winter weather in some parts of ...

Whether it’s a cellphone, tablet, laptop or even a desktop computer, people are relying on their electronics now more than ever in the midst of the pa...

OLEAN, N.Y. — To maintain low levels of COVID-19 at Jamestown Community College, all operations will move to a remote format from Dec. 9 through Dec. ...

A natural drug once seen as taboo by mainstream America may now be poised to help battle the country’s opioid crisis. From 1999-2018, 450,000 people i...

WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senators Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, are teaming up to help reduce maternal deaths and improve the health outc...

WARREN — Deerfield Behavioral Health of Warren, an affiliate of Journey Health System, appointed Kim Thurston, MS, MA, NCSP, as the new executive dire...