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HARRISBURG — Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor announced the release of audits of municipal pension plans in Elk, McKean and Potter counties. “Our aud...

The Lafayette Township Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department will hold a truck-or-treat event for township residents at the fire hall Tuesday. The event ...

The owners of OYO Hotel at 153 Main St. have filed an appeal to Thursday’s suspension of the facility’s rooming license by the Bradford City health de...

Pennsylvania has 2,560 local governments, besides 67 counties and 500 school districts. Each of those governments also has authorities, boards and com...

Police departments in Los Angeles, Denver, Milwaukee and Minneapolis provide expensive security details for mayors and other city officials even as th...

SMETHPORT — During the McKean County Conservation District’s August Meeting and picnic on Aug. 23, at the Kinzua Bridge State Park, directors and staf...

The disability retirement benefits for a former Bradford City worker were terminated at a brief meeting of the Pension Board prior to city council Tue...

HARRISBURG — Donald “Stretch” Reed, Emporium borough manager, has been named president of the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs. The associat...

HARRISBURG – Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor announced the release of audits of 46 municipal and police pension plans, including that of Horton Town...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representatives Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., and David Trone, D-Md., on Wednesday introduced the Federal Prisons Accountability Act, ...

A majority of the state Commonwealth Court apparently believes that public officials are accountable to the public only regarding the official conduct...

Pennsylvania’s Open Records Law is a crucial and crucially flawed instrument to inform citizens and hold governments accountable. It’s a vast improvem...

ST. MARYS — In its 17th year, the Leadership Elk and Cameron program continues to use “community leaders of today to prepare the community leaders of ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator John Fetterman, D-Pa., on Thursday sent a letter to Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrit...

Recognized by both the Pennsylvania State House and Senate, April 23-29, has been declared “Conservation District Week.” Locally, the McKean County Co...

HARRISBURG — On behalf of Gov. Josh Shapiro, Department of Community and Economic Development Acting Secretary Rick Siger is recognizing municipalitie...

CLEARFIELD — A leadership change took place recently in the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Engineering District 2, which covers nine coun...

HARRISBURG – State Rep. Mike Armanini, R-Dubois, will be hosting a telephone town hall meeting Tuesday, April 4, for constituents in his district. “Th...

Six counties, including Clearfield, have been added to Pennsylvania’s spotted lanternfly quarantine zone ahead of the 2023 spring hatch. With this add...

SMETHPORT — Last week, the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) welcomed nearly a thousand conservation professionals to the 2023 Ann...