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Unemployment rate falls slightly again in county

The unemployment rate fell in Warren County to a seasonally-adjusted 4.0 percent in August. That’s a .2 percent decrease from July and a .3 percent decrease from the 4.3 percent rate in August 2018. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry Center for Workforce Information and Analysis released the April data on Tuesday. Warren County’s rate is the lowest in the region. Rates for Bradford and Erie were 4.6 percent and 4.1 percent, respectively, 6.2 percent in Forest County, 4.3 percent in Meadville and 4.5 percent in Oil City. Warren County came in above the state ...

2020 Budget hearings underway

Monday marked the beginning of a marathon-slate of budget hearings at the Warren County Courthouse. As the commissioners work towards the completion of the 2020 budget, each department is scheduled to meet with the commissioners and Fiscal Director Eric Hern between Monday and Thursday. Commissioner Ben Kafferlin noted that the meetings are open “in order to better facilitate public access as to what we spend their county tax dollars on.” Speaking generally, Kafferlin noted the departments “generally did a better job of staying” on budget. Hern cited better ...

WGH, LECOM union generates progress

The first year of a partnership between Warren General Hospital and LECOM Health has brought $9.5 million in improvements and capital, according to WGH CEO Rick Allen. That money has bought a new nurse call system, a cardiac monitoring system, and other critical accessories needed in a hospital, he said at Warren General Hospital’s annual public meeting on Monday. Allen said the hospital is also on its way to buying a new cancer linear accelerator — a machine needed for radiation in cancer treatments. The hospital hopes to have the machine up and operational by ...

Clark Street reborn

A downtown, riverfront building in the City of Warren is being reborn. And some time was set aside on Friday to celebrate that. Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Dennis Davin was one of several speakers at a ribbon-cutting event held on Friday morning at the ...

Van Epps named Rouse Personal Care Home Admin

Ashley Van Epps has been named Personal Care Home Administrator at the Suites at Rouse. Van Epps began her professional career after graduating from New York State University in 2008 where she worked in the Occupational Therapy field for seven years. After relocating back to her hometown of ...

Scandinavian Culture Day begins 22nd year in Jamestown

The Scandinavian Culture Day begins its 22nd year on Saturday, Oct. 5. Sponsored by the Scandinavian Studies Program, this event is held the first Saturday of each month from October to May. Culture Day is an educational and fellowship opportunity with a series of workshops about the Scandinavian Culture occurring at 10 a.m. and at 11 a.m. It begins with coffee and lingonberry drink at 9:30 a.m. and lasts until noon. It is in the Hamilton Collegiate Center of Jamestown Community College and is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required. A special program for the ...