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COVID-19 is spreading faster than ever before. Pennsylvania is seeing higher daily case counts than in the spring, and hospitalizations are on the ris...

The total number of cases of COVID-19 locally shot up for Tuesday’s reporting, with McKean County’s case count rising by 18. Every ZIP code in McKean ...

Several area school districts are dealing with cases of COVID-19, with varied approaches to educational models going forward. Otto-Eldred School Distr...

HELP YOUR LIBRARY: Public Libraries in PA need every library lover to be vocal on how much they value library service! Information from local librarie...

I am not one for coddling children, but the narrative that our kids bear some outsize responsibility for the spread of COVID is demonstrably false. Si...

Like the twinkle of a Christmas light on a cold winter night, Pfizer’s announcement that a large clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine had shown it t...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Monday indicated that there were 4,476 new cases, in addition to 5,199 new cases reported Sunday, for a two-d...

When COVID-19 began spreading across the United States last spring and raged on in hotspots such as New York City, Ali Rinfrette felt she needed to do...

ERIE — As the U.S. experiences a new surge in COVID-19 cases, the Red Cross is becoming increasingly concerned about the nation’s blood supply – inclu...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported two new COVID-19 deaths in the local area over the weekend. An additional death in Elk County brings th...

Wear a mask. Stay six feet apart. Sanitize. “It just may save the life of someone you love,” said Dr. Jill Owens, a family medicine physician in Bradf...

READING MATERIAL: Author David Poyer, who has ties to Bradford, is receiving high praise for his newest work. Poyer usually makes a visit to the area ...

Case counts for COVID-19 and deaths attributed to the virus are climbing at alarming rates across our region, the state and the country. Still, we con...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health indicated Friday that there were 5,531 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 25...

Q: We sent our daughter a recent article of yours hoping it might cause her to rethink her approach to raising our grandson. It was not well-received ...

When Ross Neidich answered the phone last week, a voice at the other end of the line said the words he’d been waiting to hear for months, “We have a k...

CARVING TRIBUTE: Eric Jones, a caricaturist and pumpkin carving authority who lives in NY and recently created a pumpkin masterpiece for the Ecumenica...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Wednesday confirmed that there were 4,711 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total...

Cases of COVID-19 are increasing through the region, and local nursing homes are showing an impact. A notice on the Elk Haven Nursing Home website Wed...

Politicians and health officials alike have been propping up Sweden as a case study for months now in the ongoing battle against COVID-19. Sweden took...