News
Jun 16, 2021
The USDA Forest Service, Allegheny National Forest, has decided to improve the sustainability of oak ecosystems on Tracy Ridge through the use of pres...
News
May 11, 2021
During pre-pandemic years, students from Bradford Area Christian Academy would visit Bradford Ecumenical Home residents regularly at the St. Francis D...
Local News, Online Features
Feb 24, 2021
Our forests and fields are full of many kinds of plants. Are plants just plants? In northcentral Pennsylvania, there are a number of plants invading n...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Jan 14, 2021
Over the course of this month and next, my travels will take me to a secluded hollow free from interruptions. A place to unwind some may say, yet whil...
Local News
Sep 16, 2020
WARREN — The USDA Forest Service is accepting public comments on a proposal to improve the long-term sustainability of oak forests in Tracy Ridge. The...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Jun 11, 2020
Late spring and early summer provides the backdrop for food plot and tree maintenance. In many cases, annual wildlife food plots become the center of ...
Bradford, Local News, News
Jul 06, 2019
UNIVERSITY PARK — Genes in green ash trees that may confer some resistance to attacks by the emerald ash borer express themselves only once the tree d...
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
May 30, 2019
An old reverting field on our camp property supports a number of apple trees along with three pear trees. Come fall the pear trees are the first to dr...
Bradford, Entertainment, Lifestyles
May 04, 2019
Students from the Bradford Area Christian Academy celebrated Earth Day and National Arbor Day this year by participating in the Seedlings for Schools ...
Local News, News
Aug 23, 2018
KANE — The Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum will host Dr. Zachary Freedman from West Virginia University on Oct. 11, at Grandma Bair’s Conference Center to ...
News, Round the Square
May 19, 2018
HABITATS: It was about a decade ago that volunteers worked with Collins Pine Co. to create a forest habitat for the woodcock on company property. The ...
Local News, News, Online Features
May 03, 2018
Jonah McKeirnan, a first grader at the Smethport Area Elementary School, proudly shows the Eastern Hemlock seedling that he received during the "My Gr...
Local News, News, Online Features
Apr 28, 2018
The McKean County Conservation District celebrated Arbor Day by presenting the “My Growing Tree” program to students at the George G. Blaisdell Elemen...
Local News, News, Online Features
Apr 07, 2018
KANE — Dr. Jean-Martin Lussier was the key speaker at the Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum Thursday night at the Kane Country Club where he presented his re...
Local News, News
Feb 03, 2018
The Pennsylvania Game Commission once again is helping students learn about the vital role trees play in the environment. The Seedlings for Schools pr...
Local News, News
Apr 29, 2017
SMETHPORT (EC) — The McKean County Conservation District celebrated Arbor Day Friday by sponsoring the "My Growing Tree" program for first graders at ...
Entertainment, Lifestyles
Apr 25, 2017
PORT ALLEGANY (EC) — The McKean County Conservation District celebrated Arbor Day by sponsoring the “My Growing Tree” program with the assistance of E...
Local News, News
Feb 28, 2017
(Editor’s note: This week, Feb. 27-March 3, marks National Invasive Species Awareness Week. As part of an effort to alert and educate the public on in...
Nation & World, PA State News
June 15, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
PA State News
June 15, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
PA State News
June 14, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
Local News, Nation & World
June 14, 2025
Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
June 14, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
Local Sports
June 14, 2025
BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
