For the uninitiated, rural Pennsylvania has a growing issue with fire protection and EMS services. As our rural population drops, there are fewer volunteer firefighters available for fires and, more pointedly, 24-hour EMS response. As those who have been following the issue over the years ...

Warren County and Pennsylvania have always had a balance when it comes to elections. Current Gov. Josh Shapiro is from the left, but during the 2024 Election, the state went right in backing President Donald Trump. In the U.S. Senate, there’s representation from Dave McCormick, a Republican ...

Felony charges filed last week against the former Conewango Township clerk should provide a lesson for area governments as they work to join the 21st century. The clerk set up the township’s email address that was used for township purposes like logging into Quickbooks to handle the ...

Some members of the Warren County School District Board are pushing for a quick sale of the Youngsville Middle/High School building. In our opinion it’s the right move. Board member John Wortman’s suggestion to pursue a quick sale of the Youngsville building came after a school board ...

Now that the great Sunday hunting debate appears to have been solved, some state lawmakers are ready to begin a new debate over the use of semiautomatic weapons to hunt big game in Pennsylvania. The state has long had a prohibition on the use of semi-automatic weapons for big game, with a ...

Some state lawmakers seem to think they have come up with a way to modernize how local governing bodies get the word out about their meetings, pending actions, tax increases, new ordinances and other measures. But Senate Bill 194 — which resurrects the idea of putting public notices on ...