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Civil Air patrol holds training weekend

Last month, cadets from the Warren Composite Squadron NER-PA-505 put their emergency service skills to work during an intensive training exercise focusing on Ground Search and Rescue Operations. Throughout that weekend, cadets participated in hands-on training designed to build and demonstrate mastery of Specialty Qualification Training Record skills during simulated mission scenarios. Training opportunities included selected task sign-offs for Ground Team Member Levels 2 and 3 as well as Ground Team Leader and Mission Staff Assistant. Cadets trained in a variety of essential ...

Overdose Prevention Program is expanding in rural counties

Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) Secretary Dr. Latika Davis-Jones highlighted Tuesday how DDAP’s Overdose Prevention Program has saved thousands of lives since Gov. Josh Shapiro took office through expanded access to the lifesaving overdose reversal medication naloxone, particularly in rural counties. Naloxone is a medication approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to rapidly reverse an opioid overdose by quickly restoring breathing to an individual if their breathing has slowed or stopped. Since the start of the Shapiro Administration, there have ...

K of C helps with memorial

Editor's note: This caption has been updated regarding information on Betts Park. Knights of Columbus Council 964 of Warren recently worked at Betts Park. The memorial to Clifford R. Betts had been grown over and not visible. Pictured are Mark Jaynes, Bill Allen, Khris Ward and Troy McFate. ...

Elk Township open house set for Saturday

Elk Township Historical Society will host its second Open House of 2026, on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. The restored 1800s classroom, the original one-room Scandia School building, is an exciting piece of our past. Housing 100 years of Elk Township school records, we have class photos displayed with names. The original teacher’s desk, old student desks and original chalk board will delight all who visit. The museum holds many records, which may help find relatives, who once lived in the area. It has notebooks of early family histories, cemetery records, obituary books, many ...

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Two make Bucknell dean’s list Bucknell University has released the dean's list for outstanding academic achievement during the spring semester of the 2025-26 academic year. Two Warren residents were on the list: Grace Carr, 2029, chemistry; and Ella Ordiway, 2027, English - Literary Studies. Club heading to Sandy Creek Trail On Sunday, June 14 Allegheny Outdoor Club will ride bikes or hike on the Sandy Creek Trail. Meet at the car wash on Route 6 in Youngsville at 1:30 p.m. The group will then travel to the Sheetz in Cranberry, 7119 US 322 Cranberry by 2:30 and then travel to the ...

Kane’s Art in the Wilds returns June 27-28

KANE - Art in the Wilds returns to Kane’s Evergreen Park for its 20th year on June 27 and 28. “For twenty years, Art in the Wilds has brought to Kane some of the best artists and artisans from a wide swath of Pennsylvania and beyond,” said Julie Cleland, Art in the Wilds president. “This year will be even better.” Participation in the show is limited to only forty artists. Those coveted spots are awarded by a panel of art jurors to artists who must apply to participate. Last year Art in the Wilds was named the PA Wild “Event of the Year.” “Twenty years ago, we hoped ...