We offer heartfelt praise and prayers to Bucktail Medical Center in rural western Clinton County, where the National Guard has come to help fight COVID-19. Of the 24 infected Bucktail residents, three have died due to COVID-19 related complications, its CEO said. In addition to the ...

It is so encouraging to hear that a large field of solar panels to produce electricity is being planned for our area. If you missed it, Apex Clean Energy of Charlottesville, Va., intends to build a field of utility grade solar panels on 1,500 acres in rural East and West Keating townships in ...

There are two kinds of hate, a local priest reminded their congregation after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. One kind makes you — and those around you — angry and miserable. The other kind harms other people. We want none of it, and so should you. The horrific attack ...

If 2020 proved anything, it’s that downtowns — communities — have everlasting value. You need look no further than Lock Haven as an example. Open air concerts to social distance drew hundreds to Main Street per performance and thousands over the course of the summer. And it hasn’t ...

Today is National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, meant to recognize the men and women in blue for upholding the oath to protect and to serve. “Cops” — whether municipal, county, state, military or federal officers — have a very tough job made all the more difficult in today’s ...

Violence in any form is unacceptable. Yet, objections to the results of the presidential election have inflamed many Americans to the extent that a minority of citizens resorted to violence in our nation’s capital on Wednesday. Sadly, four people died from the chaos. Dozens were injured, ...

The 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees that we Americans can own firearms. We venture to suggest those who wrote and ratified the Constitution did not intend it to promote the accidental shootings of children. In fact, it is likely accidental shootings of children were far ...

We want to keep our wishes for 2021 pretty simple so let’s just offer this: We fervently hope and wish that the grand gesture of a handshake will return. Oh, we do like the elbow bump meant to protect us from this awful virus, but nothing is like a grateful handshake as a greeting or ...

It will not be a surprise if months of pent-up frustrations prompt many people to blow off more than a little steam this New Year’s Eve. The evening is viewed by many as the one time a year they let their hair down, anyway. There is nothing wrong with having a little fun, of course. But ...

We can only hope and pray that 2021will be a much, much better year than 2020. Eventually, anyway. It certainly won’t start out well, what with this God-forsaken pandemic stealing what we cherish. Let’s insist that our government leaders stop crying about most everything, get a handle ...

We urge area residents thinking about gathering to celebrate the New Year — understanding that most of us can’t wait until 2020 is over. Yes, we are beating the drum of caution and safety again because with COVID-19, we are not out of the woods yet. In many ways, COVID-19 is more ...

It is true that the COVID-19 vaccine is only as good as the number of people who take it. Keep that in mind. You want to see your family and friends? Get the shot when it becomes available. You want to get back to work? Get the shot when it becomes available. You want to gradually ...

Whatever you believe, we hope you agree that, in this season of both hurt and hope, these holidays are meant for us all to recognize what we mean to each other. No more so than now, when a disease threatens all of us while our best defense against it outside of science is each of us. Do you ...

These are dark days, folks. Dark because of the virus among us. Dark because, as a result, we’re losing more people, evident by the large number of obituaries being published in your community newspapers. It is with great sadness that we report the loss of more people from our world ... ...

Many U.S. hospitals are under siege because of COVID-19. Both in personnel and other resources, they need all the help they can get. Earlier this year, when most people thought the epidemic would peak by this fall, Congress acted wisely by including in the CARES Act a provision suspending ...

ore federal help is merited because of job losses, business closings and more caused by the coronavirus. Yet, all we keep hearing is that Congress is “close” on agreeing to more federal aid to help sustain people. Unless members of Congress find a way to compromise and give Americans a ...

OVID-19 has been an enormous challenge to the nation’s public school system. It has forced tens of millions of students to stay at home, often for months at a time, rather than go to class. Give educators credit for doing what they could with “remote learning.” Thrown suddenly into a ...

It looks like the City of Lock Haven will again become the only Third Class city in Pennsylvania without public bus service. With grant funding running out amid PennDOT running into a massive financial shortfall caused by the pandemic’s lessening of gasoline consumption — thus the receipt ...

A vaccine or vaccines are on the way, we’re told. Thank God. And please make sure the roll out and distribution are equitable and swift ... swift to those who deserve it first and foremost. Health care workers. First responders. Senior citizens. Yes, U.S Food and Drug ...

Small Business Saturday is tomorrow and perhaps it is no more important than now as our nation battles a deadly virus. Mitigation efforts and, of course, people’s hesitancy to get out among others is hurting those local entrepreneurs who we count on — and take for granted — to provide ...