Gas and oil exploration's impact on landowners was among the main topics of discussion during last week's annual Progress Through Communications for Agriculture Tour in northern Potter County. More...
Music from nationally known and local performers, workshops for square dancing and drumming, a stream study and a wide variety of vendors await visitors to The Dam Show, which resumes on Saturday (today) at the Austin Dam Memorial Park. More...
YOU can help this charity change the world, one child at a time
By Teri McDowell mcdowellteri@hotmail.com
If the children are our future, then we ought to do everything we can to ensure their success. That's what the organizers of the "To Fill a Backpack" campaign focused on when they started a charity last year that sought to provide school supplies to every child in the area who needed them. More...
Rural areas are frequently targeted for the manufacture of methamphetamine, an illicit, harmful and addictive street drug that remains popular because of its ready availability and low cost. More...
To the editor: A report issued by the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center makes a sound case for the need to protect Pennsylvania's environment and economy as companies line up to exploit the gas reserves in the Marcellus shale formation. More...
Early this spring my son and I were walking along the garden, talking the way a dad and a fiveyear old do. The boy was asking a hundred questions and the dad was answering the best he could, trying at same time to think through some of the "important" things that dads must tend to. More...
Charles Cole Memorial Hospital received gifts in memory of Dr. Douglas F. Bowman by Classical Conversions Inc., Patricia Bryant, Chris and Alice Bradley, Bob and Judi Murphy, David and Fay Hauber, and Bob and Karen Cooney and sons. More...
A tree of unusual size can be found in the First Fork of the Sinnemahoning Creek downstream of Wharton. It is a truly impressive specimen -- an enormous four-foot diameter yellow birch. More...
Two-time state champion Dirk Cowburn will continue his wrestling career at Penn State University. Cowburn, who is entering his senior year at Coudersport Area High School, has already earned two PIAA championships at 152 pounds. More...
Eunice O. Hugar, 85, of Driftwood died July 22, 2009 at her residence in Driftwood. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at the St. Mark Catholic Church, Emporium, today (Saturday) at 11:30 am. Visitation will be held at the Barnett Funeral Home from 10 to 11 am before the Mass. More...
Archery Rendezvous underway at Ski Denton