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As chaos erupts across the country, several local area veterans spoke to the Era to reflect on their thoughts about what is going on in Afghanistan to...

The Islamic State offshoot that Americans blame for Thursday’s deadly suicide attacks outside the Kabul airport coalesced in eastern Afghanistan six y...

The Biden administration says it does not know how many U.S. citizens are in Afghanistan hoping to leave in the face of the American withdrawal and Ta...

In December 2020, the first shots in the war against covid-19 were fired into the arms of health care workers with the emergency-use authorization of ...

By acting nobly on slavery, Abraham Lincoln once said, America could be “the last best hope of Earth.” But right now we look more like the United Stat...

The campfire snapped and cracked, bright red, yellow and blue flames dancing in the growing darkness. A thick steak sizzled on the grill as the blood-...

The body of a 3-year-old boy was found Saturday afternoon by dive teams in theAllegheny Riverin Armstrong County. Dwight Lee Dinsmore, 3, of Yatesboro...

The annual reunion of the Civilian Conservation Corps and a statue dedication will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in front of the Warren County Visitors Ce...

HARRISBURG — Col. Robert Evanchick, commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police, announced that 91 cadets graduated from the State Police Academy in...

KANE — VFW Auxiliary to Post 1132 in Kane is establishing a junior membership program to encourage young adults ages 16 to 21 to join the VFW to serve...

President Joe Biden declared on Monday that the U.S. combat mission in Iraq would cease by the end of this year. But he also made clear that U.S. forc...

If you wonder what Republicans are accomplishing in Washington, look no further than the Senate Armed Services committee, where a majority of them vot...

SMETHPORT — McKean County Historical Society officials with the Old Jail Museum have announced they will open the facility on Aug. 23, instead of Aug....

HARRISBURG – One of the most important documents for transitioning servicemembers and veterans is their DD-214. Safeguarding this important military d...

”Always ready, always there,” is the motto of the National Guard. Whether the Guard can remain ready and get there promptly could be in question witho...

No one is trying to topple the Alamo quite yet, but a new revisionist book on the foundational event of Texas history partakes of the iconoclastic spi...

The Otto township supervisors announced at their monthly meeting that they are exploring the possibility of purchasing the building which houses their...

Barely a day passes without additional news of Taliban gains in Afghanistan. Perhaps the Afghan government and its forces will prove more resilient th...

The voice of my Afghan friend phoning from Herat was trembling. “The security situation is getting really worse,” she said. “We don’t know what will h...

The U.S. Navy has one paramount mission: prepare to defend our nation and our national interests through the application of violence at sea. Getting a...