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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...

Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum to mark 40 years of research, education and application

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Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum to mark 40 years of research, education and application

Aug 19, 2024

KANE — Dr. Todd Ristau, researcher in silviculture, will be the keynote speaker when the Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum marks 40 years Oct. 10 at the Wilc...

Conservationists try to protect ecologically rich Alabama delta from development, climate change

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Conservationists try to protect ecologically rich Alabama delta from development, climate change

TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press

Aug 15, 2024

MOBILE-TENSAW DELTA, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of American lotuses carpet the water’s surface, faces turned toward the morning sun. Bright yellow warblers...

‘Round the Square: A Kentucky connection

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‘Round the Square: A Kentucky connection

Aug 13, 2024

CONNECTION: In response to last week’s three-part ’Round the Square regarding a Bradford oil man’s experiences in Kentucky, Larry Combs of Rew called ...

Gas prices shed a nickel

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Gas prices shed a nickel

Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com

Aug 12, 2024

While average gas prices in Western Pennsylvania jumped 4 cents, Bradford’s average shed a nickel to stand at $3.809 Monday. Regional prices increased...

Stewards offer native trees, shrubs in annual fundraiser

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Stewards offer native trees, shrubs in annual fundraiser

Aug 12, 2024

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State Extension’s Master Watershed Steward program will hold its fifth annual native tree and shrub sale this fall in 27 locati...

More Pa. antlerless deer permits availble through DMAP program

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More Pa. antlerless deer permits availble through DMAP program

Aug 09, 2024

More opportunity in more places, that’s what awaits hunters this fall across much of Pennsylvania, thanks to additional state game lands enrolled in t...

‘Round the Square: Tales from Kentucky, part 3 of 3

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‘Round the Square: Tales from Kentucky, part 3 of 3

Aug 09, 2024

LETTER 3: And now for the last part of the letter from oil man S.A. Whipple, who wrote to The Era from Kentucky in November 1901. He’s shared his surp...

BLM seeks input for plans to plug orphaned wells in Pennsylvania and West Virginia

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BLM seeks input for plans to plug orphaned wells in Pennsylvania and West Virginia

Aug 05, 2024

MILWAUKEE — The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on four draft environmental assessments evaluating potential impacts from the propos...

Oil tumbles, gas prices dip

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Oil tumbles, gas prices dip

Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com

Aug 05, 2024

While now-Tropical Storm Debby hasn’t seemed to pose any issues to refiners or pipelines, a recently released poor jobs report sent oil prices tumblin...

Greenhouse, hydroponic production the topic of Penn State Extension webinar

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Greenhouse, hydroponic production the topic of Penn State Extension webinar

Jul 29, 2024

UNIVERSITY PARK — For those interested in learning about greenhouse fundamentals and hydroponic vegetable production, Penn State Extension will offer ...

Commercial exhibits, field demos are a staple of Penn State’s Ag Progress Days

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Commercial exhibits, field demos are a staple of Penn State’s Ag Progress Days

Jul 26, 2024

UNIVERSITY PARK — Farmers and others involved in production agriculture looking to explore the latest agricultural goods, services, equipment and tech...

New district forester for Tioga State Forest

New district forester for Tioga State Forest

Jul 26, 2024

HARRISBURG — Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced that Benn Carlson has been appointed to serv...

Politics and the oil reserve

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Politics and the oil reserve

Jul 25, 2024

The United States should use its emergency oil supply for exactly that: emergencies. But President Joe Biden continues to use the Strategic Petroleum ...

Kemick, Porkolab among Cochran Scholarship winners

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Kemick, Porkolab among Cochran Scholarship winners

Jul 16, 2024

Lilly Kemick of Bradford and Benjamin Porkolab of St. Marys are among four regional students who will share in $2,750 in Sandy Cochran Memorial Schola...

‘Round the Square: Going off the grid

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‘Round the Square: Going off the grid

Jul 12, 2024

OFF THE GRID: A survey by BusinessElectric.com showed that some of our local region lands on the list of sought-after places for off-the-grid living. ...

Demand for rare elements used in clean energy could help clean up abandoned coal mines in Appalachia

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Demand for rare elements used in clean energy could help clean up abandoned coal mines in Appalachia

MARC LEVY Associated Press

Jul 11, 2024

MOUNT STORM, W.Va. (AP) — Down a long gravel road, tucked into the hills in West Virginia, is a low-slung building where researchers are extracting es...

Conservation partnership a win for wildlife

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Conservation partnership a win for wildlife

Jul 05, 2024

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service recently partnered with multiple organizations to rehabilitate and enhance existing wildlife habita...

Pa. must build on clean water momentum

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Pa. must build on clean water momentum

JULIA KRALL

Jun 28, 2024

Liquid manure from Greg Strayer’s beef farm in Cumberland County does not threaten the Conodoguinet Creek any longer, thanks to a 185,000-gallon stora...

Pennsylvania private forest landowners value fire as a tool to manage woodlands

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Pennsylvania private forest landowners value fire as a tool to manage woodlands

Jun 23, 2024

UNIVERSITY PARK — Fire can help shape ecosystems, and after a century of suppressing naturally occurring fire that has thrown forests out of balance, ...

Gas prices largely unchanged

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Gas prices largely unchanged

Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com

Jun 17, 2024

After the largest drop so far this year, gas prices saw a slight increase in some states. Locally, it essentially did neither. Bradford’s average at 3...