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ELDRED — At Tuesday’s meeting, the Otto-Eldred school board committed funds to support the development of upgrades to the high school weightlifting ar...

KERSEY — The DuBois man who died after being buried under 40 feet of trash last week at the Greentree Landfill near Kersey perished almost immediately...

Local state lawmakers are applauding Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed $32.337 billion state budget that calls for no tax increase on residents and steep cuts....

Congress is well on its way to altering the face of healthcare, particularly Medicaid, across the country, the state and the four-county region –– and...

The Commonwealth Financing Authority has approved a $1 million state grant for Domtar Paper Co.’s installation of a three-mile pipeline to its facilit...

GENEVA, N.Y. — Bob Hayssen and Phil Beckley hopped into Hayssen’s Hummer this morning for a road trip to Friday’s inauguration of Donald Trump as Pres...

Pennsylvanians are justifiably angry at paying the highest gas prices in the nation. The average price per gallon is $2.65, 27 cents higher than the h...

Only two weeks into the new year, and folks from as far away as Italy, Germany, Israel and Australia have visited the Kinzua Bridge State Park Visitor...

Any thoughts Cattaraugus County officials had of the state paying for legal costs for the poor were dashed with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent veto of a b...

State Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, has again been named chairman of the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee for the 2017-18 legislativ...

Philadelphia, Coatesville, and other Pennsylvania municipalities are reeling after receiving rejection letters from Gov. Tom Wolf's administration, si...

Wind turbines could start being constructed in Potter County this summer, and the project could reach commercial operations by the end of 2018, a comp...

WASHINGTON — It's important for those who favor the popular election of our presidents to separate their arguments for direct democracy from the outco...

HARRISBURG — A $1 million state grant has been awarded for Straub Brewery in St. Marys in Elk County, according to Sen. Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway. Scar...

SALAMANCA, N.Y. -- Residents are invited to the Red House Administration Building for an evening listening to some great music by the fireside. “By th...

A fugitive wanted on a parole violation in New York state was arrested late Saturday night in Bradford, city police reported. Bradford City Police too...

Legislation authored by state Rep. Matt Gabler, R-DuBois, that would allow for the use of semi-automatic firearms and air- or gas-powered rifles for c...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The University at Buffalo has received a $30 million donation from the family of the Boston Bruins owner and will name its medica...

MONACA, Pa. (AP) — Shell Chemicals plan to rehabilitate the area surrounding an old Horsehead Corp. site along the Ohio River in western Pennsylvania....

NEW YORK (AP) — Gary Richrath, a former guitarist for the classic rock band REO Speedwagon who also co-wrote the group’s hit song “Take It on the Run,...