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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...

No end in sight

Opinion, Сolumns

No end in sight

NICHOLAS L. WADDY

Mar 02, 2023

President Biden’s victory/self-congratulation tour of Kiev notwithstanding, as we enter the second year of the Russia-Ukraine War that we helped to pr...

Casey: Insulin price reduction shows Inflation Reduction Act working for families

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Casey: Insulin price reduction shows Inflation Reduction Act working for families

Marcie

Mar 02, 2023

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., released a statement on Eli Lilly’s announcement to automatically cap out-of-pocket insulin costs at $35 a mo...

Concussion lingers for former NASCAR champion Kurt Busch

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Concussion lingers for former NASCAR champion Kurt Busch

DAN GELSTON Associated Press

Mar 01, 2023

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kurt Busch might have received a proper sendoff this weekend in Las Vegas, where his hometown track treated him cruelly ove...

Nursing facility survey shows staffing crisis impacts

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Nursing facility survey shows staffing crisis impacts

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Mar 01, 2023

What is the state of long-term care in Pennsylvania? According to owners and administrators, the staffing crisis that started during the pandemic is s...

Fetterman ‘on path to recovery,’ will be out for more weeks

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Fetterman ‘on path to recovery,’ will be out for more weeks

MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press

Feb 28, 2023

WASHINGTON — A spokesman for Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman says the Democrat is “on a path to recovery” after checking himself into a hospital for ...

Depression doesn’t have to stop or kill John Fetterman

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Depression doesn’t have to stop or kill John Fetterman

JEFFERY GERRITT

Feb 28, 2023

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — I rarely feel connected to politicians, regardless of their party or platform. Like the blue-collar people I grew up with, I just d...

Casey bill to phase out subminimum wage for people with disabilities

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Casey bill to phase out subminimum wage for people with disabilities

Marcie

Feb 28, 2023

WASHINGTON — On Monday, U.S. Sens. Bob Casey, D-PA, and Steve Daines, R-Mont., and U.S. Reps. Bobby Scott, D-Va., and Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash.,...

Prosecutors, UPMC agree to $8.5M settlement in fraud case

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Prosecutors, UPMC agree to $8.5M settlement in fraud case

MIKE WERESCHAGIN Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Feb 27, 2023

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — More than a year after federal prosecutors accused UPMC and a star surgeon of engaging in a massive fraud scheme that put profits b...

Sad state of adolescence

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Sad state of adolescence

GENE LYONS

Feb 27, 2023

To hear people tell it, the kids are definitely not all right. According to The Washington Post, there’s “a crisis in American girlhood.” To Derek Tho...

Experts: Senate job not to blame for Fetterman health concerns

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Experts: Senate job not to blame for Fetterman health concerns

RICH CHOLODOFSKY Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Feb 26, 2023

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The eyes of the country were watching Democratic U.S. Sen. John Fetterman as the former Braddock mayor and Pennsylvania lieutenant ...

St. Marys college student who stays in camper has 4.0, earns scholarship

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St. Marys college student who stays in camper has 4.0, earns scholarship

Feb 26, 2023

BUTLER — An Elk County resident who stays in a 28-foot camper near Butler County Community College’s main campus to avoid a round-trip commute of four...

Bills search for solutions for hefty payroll

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Bills search for solutions for hefty payroll

MATT PARRINO mparrino@nyup.com (TNS)

Feb 25, 2023

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills are currently $16.5 million over the NFL’s salary cap limit just three weeks before the official start of free agenc...

Last day to snuggle lambs, Sunday

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Last day to snuggle lambs, Sunday

MANDY COLOSIMO m.colosimo@bradfordera.com

Feb 25, 2023

RIDGWAY — The Big Maple Family Farm is hosting an Open House from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday. The farm is a Pennsylvania Century family farm with four gene...

More impending hazardous weather expected for area

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More impending hazardous weather expected for area

DANIELLA LANGIANESE dani@bradfordera.com

Feb 24, 2023

It seems this week that the Hazardous Weather Warnings released from the National Weather Service of State College offices are never-ending — a new wa...

RTS – Polio, Dr. Young – Part 6

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RTS – Polio, Dr. Young – Part 6

Feb 23, 2023

PART 6: Continuing the story of Dr. Frederick Young, today we have more to share. “Although my dad’s (photography) business was very busy in the Fall ...

CARE holds annual ski outing at Holiday Valley

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CARE holds annual ski outing at Holiday Valley

Feb 23, 2023

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

Robertson: Precious moments

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Robertson: Precious moments

WADE ROBERTSON

Feb 23, 2023

Life moves on inexorably. Perhaps, it’s a good thing life presents us with so many difficult challenges. Opposition, it appears, is necessary in all t...

Portville’s Matzes make surprise trip to Super Bowl

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Portville’s Matzes make surprise trip to Super Bowl

CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era

Feb 23, 2023

Talk about a kid who had a great story when his teachers asked him what he did over Super Bowl weekend. What unfolded for 12-year-old Colt Matz, a sev...

W.Pa. officer, suspect wounded in exchange of gunfire

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W.Pa. officer, suspect wounded in exchange of gunfire

Feb 22, 2023

DUQUESNE (AP) — A Western Pennsylvania police officer and a suspect were both taken to hospitals after being wounded in an exchange of gunfire, author...

Taxes, health care, housing in Pa. riddled with regulatory woes

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Taxes, health care, housing in Pa. riddled with regulatory woes

ANTHONY HENNEN The Center Square

Feb 22, 2023

HARRISBURG — House Republicans want to prioritize the reform of regulatory issues in Pennsylvania, from concerns about taxes and health care to housin...