Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 27, 2022
New COVID-19 surges have put many communities across the nation in a precarious position. The highly transmissible and evasive BA.5 subvariant is gett...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 25, 2022
Flight attendants celebrated in the aisles and passengers cheered when a federal judge in Florida finally reined in the overreaching of the Centers fo...
News
Apr 11, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia is reinstating its indoor mask mandate after reporting a sharp increase in coronavirus infections, the city's top hea...
News, Round the Square
Mar 23, 2022
VACCINATED POLITICIANS: Two in three Pennsylvanians believe politicians should be required to publicly disclose their vaccination status, reveals a re...
News
Feb 19, 2022
LITTLE VALLEY, N.Y. — The Cattaraugus County Office of Emergency Services will be distributing a limited number of COVID-19 home test kits and KN95 ma...
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 11, 2022
DETROIT (TNS) — When the first COVID-19 mandates were issued in hopes of turning back a mysterious pandemic, there wasn’t enough science or data avail...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 26, 2021
Since day one, COVID has been a moving target for political leaders, weighing lockdowns and closures and mask rules and vax mandates, adding or droppi...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 16, 2021
There are certain facts of life that are just so true, it almost seems ridiculous to say them out loud. Water is wet. What goes up must come down. Not...
News
Nov 10, 2021
HARRISBURG (AP) — An order by Pennsylvania’s acting health secretary that requires masks inside K-12 schools and child care facilities was thrown out ...
News
Nov 10, 2021
HARRISBURG — An order by Pennsylvania's acting health secretary that requires masks inside K-12 schools and child care facilities was thrown out Wedne...
News, PA State News
Nov 01, 2021
U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson returned to Washington on Monday after recovering from breakthrough COVID-19 at his home in Pennsylvania. During his isolatio...
Round the Square
Oct 30, 2021
HALLOWEEN SAFETY : The American Red Cross offers these tips and more to help keep you and your loved ones safe. Here are the top tips for parents to k...
News, PA State News
Oct 28, 2021
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Nearly two in three Pennsylvania voters surveyed said they support the state’s order requiring students and staff to wear masks in ...
News, Round the Square
Oct 28, 2021
FUN FACTS FOR HALLOWEEN: Thanks to factretriever.com , we have a few fun and one or two spooky facts to share with you in honor of the upcoming holida...
Oct 09, 2021
I am increasingly disturbed by what I call “mask apartheid.” If you have attended a conference or public event recently, you may have noticed it: The ...
News
Sep 11, 2021
The rise in COVID-19 cases in the region has had an impact on area nursing homes, many of which are limiting visitation again. Guy and Mary Felt Manor...
Sep 03, 2021
The Republican leader of the state Senate and a group of parents filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to overturn the Wolf administration's new mask mandate...
News
Aug 31, 2021
In response to McKean County’s reported high transmission rate of the coronavirus, the Bradford Library is reinstating the mask requirement for all li...
News
Aug 25, 2021
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania schools need a statewide requirement that students in classrooms wear masks as protection against the coronavirus, the Democ...
News
Aug 24, 2021
PORT ALLEGANY — As McKean County enters the second week of substantial COVID-19 Transmission, all S.W. Smith library staff and patrons age 3 and up in...
Local News
August 1, 2025
Who's in charge around here, the people or the mosquitoes? The recent announcement of Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV) being found in mosquitoes in the El...
Football, Local Sports, Sports, ...
August 1, 2025
As the New York and Pennsylvania squads take the field Saturday, the coaching staffs will line the sidelines, with players and coaches alike hoping to...
Local News
August 1, 2025
SMETHPORT — A mobile food bank sponsored by St. Elizabeth Church and Second Harvest Food Bank of Erie will be held Aug. 12 at the church for McKean Co...
Business, Local News
August 1, 2025
Pennsylvania American Water recently donated $5,000 toward the Kane Area Community Center’s after school and summer lunches program. From left are Mic...
PA State News
August 1, 2025
HARRISBURG – Nearly half a century has passed since the partial nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island which shook the commonwealth and the industry. R...
Football, Local Sports, Sports
August 1, 2025
It’s been a big last two years for Troy Cook and the Otto-Eldred football coaching staff. In the summer of 2023, the group was tabbed to lead the Nort...
