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Bradford Regional Medical Center submits closure notice; transitioning to outpatient care center

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Bradford Regional Medical Center submits closure notice; transitioning to outpatient care center

Transitioning to outpatient care center

By SARA FURLONG news@bradfordera.com

February 17, 2026

(Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional information available from hospital officials and state Rep. Martin Causer Tuesday afterno...

Steelers’ QB situation gets national media to wonder if the franchise ‘has become unserious’

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Steelers’ QB situation gets national media to wonder if the franchise ‘has become unserious’

TIM BENZ The Tribune-Review, Greensburg/TNS

Feb 22, 2024

For a change, it’s not just the local media and fans in Pittsburgh willing to be critical of the Steelers. As a collective, the national media has far...

ROBERTSON: Valentine memories

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ROBERTSON: Valentine memories

WADE ROBERTSON

Feb 22, 2024

When you live by yourself, there’s long stretches of quiet time, especially if you seldom watch the tube or listen to the radio. One’s mind is free to...

Pa. hospital will use drones to deliver meds to patients’ doorsteps

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Pa. hospital will use drones to deliver meds to patients’ doorsteps

Feb 22, 2024

(TNS) — York County-based WellSpan Health said this week it is preparing to use drones to deliver prescriptions and medical supplies to patients’ home...

Affordable Connectivity Program funding winding down

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Affordable Connectivity Program funding winding down

Feb 21, 2024

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) reminds Pennsylvanians that funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is exp...

Bradford’s Owens to be honored at Salute to Olean

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Bradford’s Owens to be honored at Salute to Olean

Feb 21, 2024

OLEAN, N.Y. — Bradford’s Dr. Jill Owens, president of Upper Allegheny Health System, was announced as the first honoree of the Olean YMCA’s 38th annua...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. in women and men

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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. in women and men

Feb 21, 2024

DuBOIS — Heart disease is a term that refers to several types of heart conditions. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common type of heart dise...

Awareness Fair for women veterans at Erie VA

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Awareness Fair for women veterans at Erie VA

Feb 20, 2024

ERIE — The Erie VA Medical Center will hold a Women Veterans “Beyond the Basics” Awareness Fair 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday in the center’s second-floor ...

The scandals rocking cancer science matter to your health

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The scandals rocking cancer science matter to your health

F.D. FLAM Bloomberg Opinion

Feb 20, 2024

NEW YORK (TNS) — The field of cancer biology is a mess. Signs of trouble emerged years before the most recent scandal, in which investigators found ev...

Hitting the slopes

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Hitting the slopes

Feb 20, 2024

CARE for Children held its annual Adaptive Ski Outing at Holiday Valley Ski Resort on Monday, with 11 children in attendance. Each child was paired wi...

RTS: Whoops

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Feb 20, 2024

WHOOPS: We got our numbers wrong. Jim Belardi called to make sure we knew the president who served between the terms of Grover Cleveland was actually ...

Penn State THON raises record-breaking $16.9M

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Penn State THON raises record-breaking $16.9M

Feb 19, 2024

(The Center Square) – Penn State’s annual fundraiser for its pediatric cancer charity broke records for the third year in a row, with students dancing...

RTS: Presidents Day

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RTS: Presidents Day

Feb 17, 2024

POTUS: President of the United States of America, a distinction held by just 45 men, even though we’re on our 46th president. With Presidents Day on M...

Causer holds EMS Task Force meeting

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Causer holds EMS Task Force meeting

MANDY COLOSIMO m.colosimo@bradfordera.com

Feb 17, 2024

SMETHPORT — State Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, held a meeting of the Emergency Medical Services Task Force Thursday evening at the Smethport Vol...

Pa. should rethink policy of scanning prisoners’ mail

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Pa. should rethink policy of scanning prisoners’ mail

Feb 16, 2024

Pennsylvanians know our state is influential. Some of us know we’re the center of the universe. People around the nation and the world care about what...

Catching up: Yasmani Grandal embraces opportunity to mentor Pirates catchers

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Catching up: Yasmani Grandal embraces opportunity to mentor Pirates catchers

KEVIN GORMAN The Tribune-Review, Greensburg/TNS

Feb 16, 2024

BRADENTON, Fla. — Yasmani Grandal knew the score when he signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates, who had a gaping hole at catcher and a former No. 1 overa...

Pa. bill offering clean needles, ‘hope’ for those with addiction advances

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Pa. bill offering clean needles, ‘hope’ for those with addiction advances

Feb 15, 2024

(TNS) — A bill to legalize distribution of clean needles and syringes to drug users was approved by a state House committee on Wednesday, with support...

Cyberattacks on hospitals are likely to increase, putting lives at risk, experts warn

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Cyberattacks on hospitals are likely to increase, putting lives at risk, experts warn

AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press

Feb 15, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cybersecurity experts are warning that hospitals around the country are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling operation...

Those at a breaking point need faith, support and a listening ear

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Those at a breaking point need faith, support and a listening ear

DEB WUETHRICH Special to The Era

Feb 14, 2024

Have you ever reached what you perceived to be your breaking point? Such times can be serious indicators of a broader problem, such as with an actual ...

Microsoft exec rejects rogue generative AI risk

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Microsoft exec rejects rogue generative AI risk

CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square

Feb 14, 2024

A Microsoft policy executive said to Pennsylvania lawmakers this week he’s “unaware” of the possibility that generative artificial intelligence could ...

DIFFERENCE MAKERS: Mialky, Askins chosen as leaders by YWCA Bradford

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DIFFERENCE MAKERS: Mialky, Askins chosen as leaders by YWCA Bradford

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Feb 14, 2024

The YWCA Bradford has chosen Ellen Mialky as 2024’s Leader, and Otto-Eldred High School senior Asher Askins as the Rising Leader. The two will be hono...