Breaking News
July 31, 2025
The U.S. National Weather Service announced this morning that thunderstorms with especially heavy rain are possible this afternoon and evening. The he...
News, Online Features
Dec 31, 2022
During Winter Storm Elliott, which blasted most of the nation, snowplows were out in force everywhere — except, some alleged, in McKean County. Despit...
Nation, News, PA State News, ...
Dec 10, 2022
CONSUMERS BEWARE: Tis the season…for holiday scams. These aren’t those everyday scams, these are the kind that sting. The PA Office of the Attorney Ge...
News, Round the Square
Dec 02, 2022
POPCORN: It’s not just a tasty snack. According to The Popcorn Board, at popcorn.org , Dec. 13 is National Popcorn String Day. “In the late 1800s, pop...
News, PA State News
Sep 25, 2022
WEST MIFFLIN (AP) — Three people, including two teenagers, were wounded by gunfire late Saturday at an amusement park southeast of Pittsburgh, which w...
Opinion, Сolumns
Sep 25, 2022
“Texas doesn’t own your body. You do,” a billboard reads, with an image of a woman with her hands chained behind her back. It’s part of an ad campaign...
News
Aug 03, 2022
ST. MARYS — The Elk County Community Foundation (ECCF) awarded $7,500 from the Harrison and Muriel Dauer Stackpole Family Fund to the Elk County Fairg...
Jun 29, 2022
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, died Wednesday. He was 98. Williams’ f...
News, Round the Square
Jun 04, 2022
GO HIKE. The outdoors and Allegheny National Forest (ANF) are calling out to tell everyone today is the perfect opportunity for a peaceful hike along ...
News
May 28, 2022
Due to the Memorial Day holiday, there will not be a print edition of The Bradford Era on Monday, and the offices will be closed. Log onto the Era’s w...
News, PA State News
May 22, 2022
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Months after Pennsylvania officials stripped crucial information about poorly rated bridges from public view, a veteran state lawma...
Round the Square
Mar 16, 2022
TROLLS: We’re not talking about the toys with the crazy hair here. We’re talking about one of the reasons that many people have turned away from socia...
News
Feb 10, 2022
Construction on Bolivar Drive has been progressing, and the WellNow location will begin accepting patients as soon as this summer. That expected openi...
News
Jan 21, 2022
SMETHPORT — The McKean County Department of Emergency Services, in conjunction with Universal Primary Care, will be conducting a Pfizer vaccination cl...
News, Outdoors, PA State News
Jan 15, 2022
HARRISBURG (TNS) — The big, wild national parks of the American West top the list for numbers of search-and-rescue operations needed by visitors, as w...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 19, 2021
Facebook has had a rough month, and deservedly so. The company has earned a special place of distrust in the hearts of many: A CNN poll published last...
News
Nov 10, 2021
Joel Gilfert of Portville has been the caretaker of the Eldred (Pa.) Oak Hill Cemetery since 2014 and the veterans that are there are special to his h...
News
Oct 19, 2021
SMETHPORT — The McKean County Republican Committee will hold a Save America Rally at 5 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Hamlin Lake Park in Smethport. The rally wi...
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 16, 2021
It has been a rough few months for the internet. In June, Fastly Inc.’s content delivery network failure forced some of the world’s biggest e-commerce...
News
Sep 29, 2021
SMETHPORT — During a brief meeting of the McKean County commissioners Tuesday morning, Commissioner Carol Duffy presented an informational look at the...
News
Sep 28, 2021
RIDGWAY — A meeting of the North Central Rural Transportation Planning Committee will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 12. In the wake of the pandemic, t...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
July 31, 2025
President Donald Trump’s tariff negotiations have been largely successful. Not so for his efforts to end the Ukraine war. Trump has expressed increasi...
Lifestyles
July 31, 2025
August is a special month. The pressure is off and it’s time to enjoy the late-season garden. We still have to weed, trim, and water but we can also p...
Local News
Rotary garden blooms with unity
July 31, 2025
On Wednesday evening members of Bradford’s Rotary Club were honored to install a set of Peace Poles within their garden, located at the corner of Mech...
July 31, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TNS) — The left-leaning press is ringing the alarm bells: “Trump’s Texas Gerrymander Is Supercharging a New War on Democracy,” says ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
July 31, 2025
According to rankings released by U.S. News, Pennsylvania is the 41st “best state,” positioning itself at 39th in education and 38th in its overall ec...
Local News
July 31, 2025
Lafayette Township Volunteer Fire Department, along with Mount Jewett and Kane ambulances, were dispatched at 8:54 a.m. Thursday to a reported tractor...
