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DuBOIS — Effective immediately, Penn Highlands Healthcare has announced visitation restrictions across all Penn Highlands hospitals in an effort to pr...

Dr. Rajeev Pillai, IRMC’s interventional cardiologist, has during his three years at IRMC diagnosed several cases of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Disse...

WARREN — The USDA Forest Service is planning prescribed burns during the middle to end of March, all of April and being to the end of May, weather dep...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Commissioners on Monday declared a countywide declaration of disaster emergency. “While as yet there are no reported cas...

To help provide a sense of direction and support for Bradford citizens during the coronavirus epidemic, a group of individuals and representatives fro...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf extended a shutdown order Monday to the entire state of Pennsylvania in an effort to halt the spread of the coronaviru...

LITTLE VALLEY, N.Y. — Cattaraugus County Legislature Chairman Howard VanRensselaer declared a state of emergency in the county Sunday over the novel c...

The coronavirus is certainly having an impact on our nation and the world. Perhaps a little humor will help. My wife is a long suffering individual an...

Nursing homes in the Bradford and Smethport areas enacted new visitors’ policies as of this week, protecting the elderly residents through minimal to ...

OLEAN, N.Y. — In order to comply with the directive of Gov. Andrew Cuomo banning large gatherings due to the Coronavirus pandemic and to protect the h...

HARRISBURG — In order to help contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus and protect the health and safety of local residents and office staff, Se...

COUDERSPORT — The Potter County Department of Emergency Services is asking people to limit contact with the elderly and their neighbors. Elderly resid...

SMETHPORT — McKean County offices will remain open and fully staffed, while the commissioners remain diligent in monitoring information on COVID 19. “...

READING — Gov. Tom Wolf and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro Wednesday in Reading announced the Pennsylvania Reentry Council’s (PARC) effort...

SMETHPORT — McKean County offices will remain open and fully staffed, while the commissioners remain diligent in monitoring information on COVID 19. “...

The World Health Organization has declared a COVID 19 pandemic, and the Centers for Disease Control is urging community mitigation strategies to preve...

RIDGWAY — Penn Highlands Elk will begin transitioning outpatient surgeries and pain procedures from Penn Highlands Elk Surgery Center to the hospital,...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Effective immediately, visitation hours at Olean General Hospital and Bradford (Pa.) Regional Medical Center will be limited to the foll...

CARE for Children’s 19th annual basketball mini camp for school-age children was held Saturday at the Bradford YMCA. The camp provides the opportunity...

PITTSBURGH — UPMC and UPMC Health Plan are working to identify and remove any barriers that could unnecessarily delay or prevent its patients and memb...