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The Women’s Giving Circle of McKean County awarded its inaugural grants totaling $9,500 to five organizations at its recent meeting. The following org...

SMETHPORT — “As it stands now, we plan to continue with in-school instruction as long as we can.” That was the word Tuesday from Smethport Area School...

ST. MARYS — The Elk County Democratic Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday. Because of the alarming increases in COVID-19 cases in Elk County, the m...

WASHINGTON — This country is, in a word, exhausted. The velocity of news in the Trump era has been unprecedented. The passions expressed in this perio...

Ordinarily, it’s not possible for a party to win the presidency and have a bad election night, but the Democrats managed it. Pending the outcome of tw...

HARRISBURG — Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, has been reelected by his peers to serve as chairman of the House Majority Policy Committee for the up...

SMETHPORT (EC) — At a brief meeting Tuesday, the McKean County Planning Commission approved a major subdivision and variance both for the same propert...

HARRISBURG — Interim Pennsylvania House State Government Committee Majority Chairman Seth Grove, R-Dover, announced Tuesday that the committee will be...

President Donald Trump characteristically and falsely declared Wednesday morning that he had won reelection. Although that might yet come to pass, the...

For three Coudersport men, volunteering to help set up President Trump’s Montoursville rally last weekend turned into a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity...

Of all the Twitter attacks on President Trump — and there are thousands every day — one stood out on election eve. It was a photo of a woman sitting w...

While counting mail-in votes Tuesday, the election directors of Elk, Potter and Cameron counties set aside some time to briefly discuss a variety of t...

The past few days have offered the most clarifying hours of American politics since the night of Nov. 8, 2016. Four years ago, President Donald Trump’...

Meals on Wheels at BRMC has partnered with CARS (Charitable Adult Rides & Services) to offer supporters a new and meaningful way to contribute to the ...

PORT ALLEGANY — Despite the bad weather Saturday, the McKean County Democratic Committee held its “Get Out the Vote Rally” Saturday in the parking lot...

COMMUNITY POLICING PHOTO CONTEST: The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has announced the seventh annual “Community Policing in Ac...

Pennsylvania is staring at a fiscal cliff. It’s easy but perilous to ignore state budget minutiae amid a contentious presidential election. Right now ...

Republican and conservative journalists and politicos need to avoid a trap when discussing the Hunter Biden laptop story. The trap might be called the...

How to make local governments reflect the populations that they actually serve, rather than reflect traditional political structures, is a perennial p...

VETS: We’re happy to be in an area that is always proud of its veterans. We’re putting together a special section to mark Veterans Day, and are asking...