Council should keep the ship steady for Lock Haven, staff while searching for the next manager

March 19, 2026

Frustration seems to be endemic within the Lock Haven City Council chamber lately. Following the abrupt firing of former city manager, Greg Wilson, to start the year, city staff have been doing an admirable job holding it together under assuredly stressful circumstances. To all outside appearances, city staff had a healthy — and efficient — dynamic with Wilson, and shaking that up has caused challenges enough on its own. However, city council seems unwilling to let those challenges be all that the staff have to deal with, as the once-settled new police building is now being ...

Annual Progress a reflection of region’s hard work

March 7, 2026

Inside today, you will find the fifth — and final — day of this year’s annual Progress edition. We hope you have enjoyed reading about some of the huge variety of local businesses, organizations and services that you may not think about much in your day-to-day life. These groups work hard all year to provide goods, funds and aid to the citizens of this little corner of the world that we call home, and we think it only fair to call attention to that effort. And make no mistake: it is an effort. Get to know most any local businessperson and you’ll see the hard work and enormous ...

Think rural PA is safe from AI? Generated child porn of local youth shows otherwise

February 11, 2026

There is a troubling phenomenon — endemic to humanity, it seems, if you look back at history — of people warning of disaster long before it hits, only to be ignored and left to watch helplessly as whatever horror they foretold becomes reality. These people are frequently referred to as Cassandras — a reference to the mythic Cassandra of Troy, a priestess who was blessed to accurately predict the future but cursed to have nobody ever believe her. These predictions included things such as the Trojan horse — leading to the sack of Troy — and Odysseus’s ill-fated voyage ...

‘The worst of the worst’ was not Alex Pretti

January 30, 2026

Distance provides clarity, as facts are uncovered and the hot, quick temper of reaction fades to the cool mettle of resolve. For several days, we weren’t sure if we should write or publish this editorial. After all, Our View on the killing of a man in Minneapolis — 1,000 miles and 16 hours of driving away — isn’t the most relevant thing locally. But the enduring quality of the fatal encounter and the reaction of people who live here to it convinced us that, in fact, it is something that we have a place to write about. Add on top of that a letter submitted to us by a Jersey ...

Minneapolis: Where do you stand?

January 17, 2026

Regardless of your politics, the scenes coming out of Minneapolis are horrifying. Hopefully, as Americans, we can all still agree on that much, at least. Perhaps you think it’s self-inflicted, and that citizens should keep their heads down and let the work happen. Perhaps you view government forces as an occupying force, or as some sort of just vengeance befalling the birthplace of the BLM movement. How each individual person views the actions of the ICE officers and the public that has arisen to oppose them will vary. Everyone brings themselves to bear — their own values, ...

Make 2026 the year you get involved

January 12, 2026

The hands of time move ever-forward, and as those hands spin round and round, life...happens. Long-running elected officials and members of civic boards grow old (or older, in some cases). While you have been going about your business, these people have been sacrificing their evenings to make sure you have the ability to ignore them. After all, if it ain’t broke, well, why pay attention? The thing is, just as life happens to you, it also happens to everyone else. Suddenly you turn around, and a bunch of people have resigned or retired — people you depended on without even ...