Around The County

From staff reports The Clarion Rotary Club recognized 12 Clarion County high school seniors for attending the 2017 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards program or RYLA…

From staff reports Pennsylvania’s statewide archery deer season begins Saturday, and its return is prompting the Pennsylvania Game Commission to issue some helpful reminders. Archers…

The photography of Roger May, an Appalachian American photographer and writer based in Charleston, West Virginia, is on display through Saturday, Nov. 11, in Clarion…

At 4:02 p.m. today, Autumn began. With temperatures predicted to stay in the mid- to upper-80s for several more days, it seems like this is…

Creed Moyer, Alexis Bauer, Lauren McLaughlin and Ryleigh Hancock present their metaphorm of an American Dream during their American Literature class at East Forest High…

Recently, a group of East Forest teachers teamed up with a local accountant from Leeper to take on the Tough Mudder in Slippery Rock. East…

From staff reports The Clarion-based Indivisible We Rise West Central Pennsylvania chapter, along with the Clarion University community and local clergy, will host a Clarion…

From staff reports “Dear Young Person: We stand with you.” That’s the message that Maxient, a company in Charlottesville, Va., wants to spread to its…

From staff reports Forest County Sheriff Robert Wolfgang and District Attorney Barbara Litten have teamed up to create the Forest County Tip Line to address…

From staff reports Several local youths have been named as contestants in scholarship pageants to be held during Clarion’s annual Autumn Leaf Festival. The Miss…

From staff reports The Clarion County chapter of Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees awarded two Enhancement Mini-Grants this year. Union teachers, Bradley Kirkwood, Debbie Shirey,…

Lauren Skelley, Franklin’s 2017 Taste of Talent winner, performed at the Peanut Butter Festival in New Bethlehem and met “Peanut Butter and Jelly,” a.k.a. Gordon…

From staff reports As Hurricane Irma was bearing down on the state of Florida, students and staff of the Clarion County Career Center joined together…

From staff reports An adopted dog’s legacy will live on in the form of a pavilion and an adjoining covered kennel area at Tri-County Animal…

By RODNEY L. SHERMAN Clarion News editor No, Clarion Borough is not setting out to tax property owners in the borough for the rain and…

From staff reports The Allegheny National Forest will be closing all motorized trails for the summer season Monday, Sept. 25. However, the Marienville ATV trail…

From staff reports The Forest County 4-H program held its annual Round-Up Saturday at the Forest County 4-H Center. Members participated in the event as…

From staff reports West Forest National Honor Society will sponsor a school supply drive for the people of Texas who have been affected by Hurricane…

From staff reports On Founders Day – and her last day as president before becoming interim chancellor of the State System of Higher Education –…

By SAMANTHA BEAL Staff writer Concerns about the safety of pedestrians at the intersection of Main Street and Fifth Avenue in Clarion drew the attention of…