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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani will be buried in the shrine of the ayatollah who led Iran's 1979 Islamic...

Bradford City Council held a brief meeting Tuesday, passing only a few routine resolutions. On first reading, council members approved an ordinance co...

LEWIS RUN — Among the topics at Tuesday evening’s Lewis Run Borough Council meeting was the possibility of purchasing a second truck for borough emplo...

WASHINGTON — The approaching presidency of Donald Trump poses daunting challenges for the journalists covering him, not merely because he has describe...

Dr. Muhammed Javed, a long-time board member of Upper Allegheny Health System and a specialist in nephrology, has been elected to the governing board ...

WASHINGTON —First, a history refresher: For the past nine years, a smattering of Americans, most recently led by our now president-elect, have insiste...

WASHINGTON — One of the most confusing shifts of the Trump ascendancy is, on reflection, one of the most clarifying. Donald Trump's, Sarah Palin's and...

State Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, has again been named chairman of the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee for the 2017-18 legislativ...

Nearly 13,000 residents of Cattaraugus and Allegany counties stand to lose access to health care insurance if Congress repeals the Affordable Care Act...

ST. MARYS — The Elk County Community Foundation will award a grant from the Elk County Society for Special Services Fund. The Community Foundation is ...

The Foster Township Supervisors reorganized Tuesday, appointing themselves to the same roles as they held last year. During the meeting, George Hocker...

SMETHPORT — After considerable discussion about buying a new truck for the borough electric department now or waiting until later, Smethport Borough a...

Wind turbines could start being constructed in Potter County this summer, and the project could reach commercial operations by the end of 2018, a comp...

RIDGWAY — With the start of the new year, government organizations throughout the area are going through the yearly reorganization process. In Elk Cou...

Bradford Township Supervisor Jim Erwin retained the chairman of the board position for 2017. Erwin was elected by a quorum at the reorganizational mee...

WASHINGTON — One of the hallmarks of our democratic system is its commitment to the peaceful transition of power. This practice comes with two importa...

The annual War on Christmas, which began Black Friday, will finally end at New Year’s Day. There are three main reasons it ends on New Year’s Day. Fir...

GALETON —The Friends of Lyman Run will hold a First Day Hike at 1 p.m. Jan. 1. Organizers said the hike is for the entire family and will last about a...

SAND PUMPINGS: A reader recently suggested we look back at some of the old “Sand Pumpings” columns that ran in The Era before “Round the Square” was e...

Whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump was elected, the environment is going to suffer. Both have supported horizontal fracking, the destruction of t...