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Fentanyl has had a deadly impact on Pennsylvania, and state Auditor General Eugene A. DePasquale on Wednesday said more needs to be done to prevent ov...

The fight to combat the opioid epidemic in the region has seen significant progress, but local officials caution the war on drugs is far from over. No...

Aug. 31 has been designated as “Overdose Awareness Day” for 2019. The day is to remember those who have lost their lives and their families who are le...

OLEAN N.Y. — Winning Olean Back added 12 names to an area list of those killed by drug overdoses and addiction this year, but those who gathered Satur...

What do Sigmund Freud, Prince, Janis Joplin and Pennsylvania-bred rapper Mac Miller all have in common? They all died from an opioid overdose. Images ...

The tide may be turning in the opioid epidemic that has plagued the region the past few years. Drug overdose deaths in local counties last year were d...

A Bradford man’s alleged overdose has led to criminal charges against him and a woman who was present while he smoked marijuana in front of a three-ye...

The opioid crisis continued to plague Tioga County in 2018. According to the department of Health and Human Services figures, Pennsylvania ranks fifth...

COUDERSPORT — Jury selection for a trial against Oakley Mulkin, accused in the May 12, 2016, overdose death of a fellow Shinglehouse man, is set for J...

HARRISBURG — Eighteen kits of naloxone were distributed Thursday from the McKean County State Health Center, the department of health reported on Frid...

When a family or friends of an overdose victim are in a crisis situation of reviving the individual, time is of the essence in saving a life. The admi...

More than 200 pounds of medication was discarded in McKean County’s unused medication drop boxes during this quarter, District Attorney Stephanie Vett...

A recent report from the PA Health Care Cost Containment Council revealed that Pennsylvania hospitals recorded approximately 36,712 opioid-related hos...

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Inc. (ADAS) will be hosting the Road to Recovery Community event from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday at the Grace Lutheran C...

JOHNSONBURG — Two Elk County women are behind bars, charged with drug delivery resulting in the death of a 24-year-old Wilcox woman last year. Allison...

RIDGWAY — Two women have been charged in Elk County in the fentanyl overdose death of 24-year-old Kaitlyn Buerk last March — thought to be the first t...

COUDERSPORT — Cole Memorial Hospital has been named the sole “centralized coordinating entity” for the receipt and distribution of naloxone to law enf...

EMPORIUM — During a regional visit Tuesday, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro met with law enforcement officials in Emporium to discuss effor...

The opioid and prescription drug problem in our nation, and particularly in Pennsylvania, has reached epidemic levels. In fact, in December 2016 the C...

A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail after allegedly overdosing while huffing canned air in an alley off Lincoln Avenue on Friday. Jeremiah Ashly S...