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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...

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Declare war on fentanyl

JOEY LESTORTI, DAVID KASTEN and JOE BUCCINO RealClearPolitics

Nov 05, 2024

America’s deadliest threat isn’t a foreign army or terrorist cell — it’s a synthetic opioid devastating communities across the nation. Fentanyl is the...

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Baseball, National Sports

The Pirates appear to be better, but a lot of questions must still be answered

By PAUL ZEISE, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

February 17, 2026

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The Pittsburgh Pirates' front office promised to spend some money to try to improve the roster this offseason, and they have at lea...

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Local Sports

JH Girls Basketball: Smethport defeated Port Allegany 39-28

Jo Wankel

February 17, 2026

Smethport took a 15-7 lead at the end of the first quarter and kept the momentum to secure a win over Port Tuesday. Leading Smethport were Zoe Frame w...

Local News, News

Officials, community react to BRMC department closures

By JIM ECKSTROM news@bradfordera.com

February 17, 2026

Reaction in the community to the impending closure of more departments and services at Bradford Regional Medical Center, including the emergency depar...

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Nation & World, PA State News

Pennsylvania man cleared after 43 years in prison for murder denied bail during deportation fight

By MARYCLAIRE DALE - Associated Press

February 17, 2026

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who spent 43 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned — only to be taken straight into immig...

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Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors

First coyotes, predators turned in during Rolfe Beagle Club’s statewide Coyote, Fox Hunt or Trap

February 17, 2026

JOHNSONBURG — Hunters began bringing the first predators of the season to the Rolfe Beagle Club weigh station over the weekend as the club’s statewide...

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