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    Service over self in rural Pa.
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Service over self in rural Pa.
    REP. CLINT OWLETT and REP. TINA PICKETT 
    Feb 09, 2024
    You are rudely awakened by the alarm clock and immediately have the feeling it’s going to be one of those days. Relationships are stressed, things bre...
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    National Salute to Veteran Patients Week at the Erie VA
    Local News, News, PA State News
    National Salute to Veteran Patients Week at the Erie VA
    Feb 07, 2024
    ERIE — Feb. 12 to 16 is National Salute to Veteran Patients Week at VA Hospitals across the country and this year’s theme at the Erie VA Medical Cente...
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    SMETHPORT: Mobile food bank set for Feb. 13
    Local News, News
    SMETHPORT: Mobile food bank set for Feb. 13
    Feb 02, 2024
    SMETHPORT — A mobile food bank sponsored by St. Elizabeth Church and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Erie will be held Feb. 13 at St. Elizabeth Church...
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    Causer to host EMS Task Force meeting
    Local News, News
    Causer to host EMS Task Force meeting
    Feb 02, 2024
    HARRISBURG — Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, announced he will convene a meeting of the EMS Task Force at 6 p.m. Feb. 15 at the McKean County Depar...
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    Shapiro wants to double funding for first-responder grant program
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Shapiro wants to double funding for first-responder grant program
    JAN MURPHY pennlive.com 
    Jan 25, 2024
    (TNS) — Fire and emergency medical service providers could see a doubling of funding for a state grant program that helps cover a variety of needs inc...
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    NPRC to host virtual info session Feb. 27
    Local News, News
    NPRC to host virtual info session Feb. 27
    Jan 23, 2024
    WARREN — Northern Pennsylvania Regional College (NPRC) will host a virtual information session from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 27 for anyone who may be think...
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    Firefighters respond to Hong Kong Buffet
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    Firefighters respond to Hong Kong Buffet
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    Jan 19, 2024
    Derrick City Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a reported structure fire at Hong Kong Buffet, 1020 E. Main St., at 8:50 p.m. Thursday. Firef...
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    CASA of McKean County to celebrate 10 years at annual meeting
    Local News, News
    CASA of McKean County to celebrate 10 years at annual meeting
    Jan 18, 2024
    Board members of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of McKean County invite the public to their annual meeting Tuesday, when a celebration of th...
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    DUKE CENTER: Breakfast benefits Otto Township Volunteer Fire Department
    Local News, News
    DUKE CENTER: Breakfast benefits Otto Township Volunteer Fire Department
    Jan 17, 2024
    DUKE CENTER — Otto Township Volunteer Fire Department, Sweitzer Drive, will host a buffet breakfast 8 to 11 a.m. Sunday. The cost is $12 per person, a...
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    Erie VA medical foster home program seeks caregivers
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Erie VA medical foster home program seeks caregivers
    Jan 17, 2024
    ERIE — The Erie VA Medical Center is seeking compassionate caregivers interested in enrolling in its new Medical Foster Home (MFH) Program. The MFH Pr...
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    MLK holiday should be a day on
    Opinion, Сolumns
    MLK holiday should be a day on
    Jan 12, 2024
    On Monday, many workers in the U.S. will have the day off in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observance. It’s a day we stop to re...
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    HAZEL HURST: Fire destroys Hazel Hurst home Tuesday
    Local News, News, Online Features
    HAZEL HURST: Fire destroys Hazel Hurst home Tuesday
    Jan 09, 2024
    Hamlin Township, Mount Jewett, Smethport, Norwich Township, Kane and Eldred Township volunteer fire departments responded to a house fire at 23 Randal...
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    RTS: LEO APPRECIATION, TUESDAY
    Round the Square
    RTS: LEO APPRECIATION, TUESDAY
    Jan 08, 2024
    LEO APPRECIATION, TUESDAY. Law Enforcement Officer, or LEO, appreciation day is Jan. 9. The day was created in 2015 as a way for communities to show a...
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    McKean County’s transition to state radio network complete
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    McKean County’s transition to state radio network complete
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jan 06, 2024
    Communication has come a long way from the days of stopping at a phone booth to make a call. McKean County has taken a leap forward, announcing all em...
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    Pennsylvania volunteers survey birds and waterways for national studies
    Local Sports, Outdoors
    Pennsylvania volunteers survey birds and waterways for national studies
    MARY ANN THOMAS Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS 
    Jan 04, 2024
    This summer, volunteers trained at Moraine State Park to collect samples of potential algae blooms and assess erosion in streams in Allegheny County p...
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    Elk County’s $12.47M budget for 2024 has no tax increase
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    Elk County’s $12.47M budget for 2024 has no tax increase
    Jan 02, 2024
    RIDGWAY — The Elk County commissioners approved a 2024 budget of more than $12.47 million, a sending plan that does not include a tax increase and wil...
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    Rural EMS agencies fight the drug scourge as they lose workers
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Rural EMS agencies fight the drug scourge as they lose workers
    ANTHONY HENNEN The Center Square 
    Dec 30, 2023
    Rural EMS agencies respond to, and train for, more drug-related calls. But they can’t always get people the help they need. In northwest Pennsylvania,...
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    Western Pa. volunteers survey birds and waterways for national studies
    Western Pa. volunteers survey birds and waterways for national studies
    MARY ANN THOMAS Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS 
    Dec 29, 2023
    This summer, volunteers trained at Moraine State Park to collect samples of potential algae blooms and assess erosion in streams in Allegheny County p...
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    Pennsylvania DHS asks for public feedback on proposed Medicaid changes
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Pennsylvania DHS asks for public feedback on proposed Medicaid changes
    Dec 28, 2023
    (TNS) — Pennsylvania wants to make changes to its Medicaid programs that would bring groceries to the door of an expecting parent in need or help a fo...
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    ‘Even greater challenge’: Child care businesses navigate statewide crisis
    News, PA State News
    ‘Even greater challenge’: Child care businesses navigate statewide crisis
    CIARA MCENEANY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Dec 27, 2023
    (TNS) — Jasmine Lane has been working with children since she was 12. “From the time I was able to watch children, I was,” she said. “I was always bab...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    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...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    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...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    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...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    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...
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    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Local Sports, Sports
    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    (TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
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