Breaking News, Local News
January 6, 2026
Bradford residents, check all your pockets, wallets and glove compartments — a $1.5 million-winning Scratch-Off ticket was sold in the city. The Penns...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 01, 2021
Infrastructure is a crutch. A crutch can be something helpful — the sturdy tool you lean on to steady yourself when you need help getting to your feet...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 31, 2021
The nation is awash in harmful civics ignorance these days, as verified by multiple national studies and as even a cursory visit to social media sites...
Local News, Online Features
Mar 25, 2021
WASHINGTON — Populations of the American bald eagle — the bold national symbol of the United States — have quadrupled since 2009, according to a new r...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 19, 2021
The sanctity and security of the U.S. Capitol has not been breached since that woeful day in January. But whispers and threats circulate in dark corne...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 18, 2021
There are some curious decisions by the administration of President Joe Biden that make me a little skeptical about his media strategy — like no news ...
Local News
Mar 06, 2021
ANNVILLE — March is Women’s History Month and the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) wants residents to consider purchasi...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 25, 2021
Along with many Pennsylvanians, I was astounded upon learning that the state secretary of health, Dr. Rachel Levine, was nominated to serve in the new...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 23, 2021
It was a thing of beauty: a light blue, shining sky, a magnificent hymn, a powerful benediction, poetry, patriotic music and a speech in which Preside...
Local News, Online Features
Jan 21, 2021
The 46th president of the United States of America was inaugurated Wednesday, and called for unity for the nation. President Joe Biden and Vice Presid...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 20, 2021
When Joe Biden is inaugurated today as the 46th president of the United States, he’ll face a nation torn by deep political and social divisions, and a...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 09, 2021
Death and destruction did not stop Congress from its mission to certify the election of the next president of the United States. Shell-shocked by what...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 08, 2021
Enough is enough. Any last shreds of credibility and dignity that the Trump presidency and its most fervent supporters had were swept away Wednesday b...
Local News, Nation, Nation & World, ...
Jan 07, 2021
Wednesday’s joint session of Congress in the US Capitol was interrupted by protestors who overran police and stormed the building. The session, which ...
Bradford, Local News, News
Nov 28, 2020
On Thursday, when Pennsylvania surpassed 10,000 deaths from COVID-19, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey called for action from the people and from the government. “...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 17, 2020
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...
Local News
Nov 11, 2020
SMETHPORT — The McKean County Commissioners in a proclamation approved Tuesday during their regularly scheduled meeting urged public support for milit...
Bradford, Local News, Nation, ...
Nov 09, 2020
Several Pennsylvania officials released statements Saturday regarding the media’s projection of the election outcome. In a press release, U.S. Sen. Bo...
Editorials
Nov 05, 2020
After a bruising and often bitter election cycle, how does a divided nation heal? The answer involves something much harder than campaigning or champi...
Guest Columns, Opinion, Сolumns
Sep 23, 2020
In the Sept. 10 edition of The Era, Dr. K. James Evans wrote a disparaging article about our president, Donald J. Trump, accusing him of “irresponsibl...
Bradford, Local News, Nation, ...
Sep 11, 2020
Today marks the anniversary of one of the greatest tragedies in American history — 9/11, the loss of 2,977 lives due to coordinated attacks by terrori...
Local News, PA State News
January 10, 2026
(Editor's note: Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds p...
Local News
January 10, 2026
(Editor’s note: The information in this special series is for educational purposes only and is not intended to address any particular case, nor should...
Round the Square
January 10, 2026
GROSS: The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y. has something coming up that nearly every middle school kid will think is the greatest th...
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
January 10, 2026
Winter is one of the most popular times for predator hunting. During the winter months, some hunters convert their time in the field to hunting coyote...
Lifestyles
January 10, 2026
DEAR ABBY: My mother passed away six years ago. She was a manipulative woman who had alienated all family members except my adult son. She promised hi...
Lifestyles
January 10, 2026
Dear Heloise: If you are sorting through older photos (especially of buildings) and are tempted to toss them out, consider mailing them to the city or...
