Clarion County takes in $20,000 for vehicles, coolers
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer Clarion County’s unofficial used car lot will soon be empty. On Tuesday, county commissioners opened bids on 15 vehicles and…
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Many State System profs don’t want in-person teaching this fall
By LEANDRO ARISTEGUIETA Staff writer The results of a new survey among faculty at Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities indicate a clear majority of professors do not…
Venango, Clarion counties report virus cases over weekend
From staff reports The state Department of Health reported that Venango added two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and Clarion County had one…
Ongoing debate
By LEANDRO ARISTEGUIETA Staff writer A growing divide between two sides of a national debate was on local display. A small group of Clarion University…
Tri-county area reports no additional virus cases
From staff reports For the first time since July 6, the state Department of Health announced no new cases of COVID-19 were reported from the…
Clarion County adds to coronavirus total
From staff reports The state Department of Health on Thursday announced Clarion County reported a new confirmed case of COVID-19, giving the county 71 cases…
Protesters remind Clarion racial justice movement continues
By RODNEY L. SHERMAN Clarion News editor Two groups of people gathered at opposite ends of Main Street Tuesday one group of about six people…
Clarion commissioners likely to extend disaster declaration
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer Clarion County commissioners on Tuesday discussed extending the declaration of disaster emergency for the second time due to the COVID-19…
Plan integrates Clarion and California (Pa.) universities
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff Writer The Board of Governors of Pennsylvania’s financially troubled State System of Higher Education voted July 16 to take the next…
Clarion, Venango counties see virus cases subtracted
From staff reports The state Department of Health announced Clarion and Venango counties each had a confirmed case of COVID-19 subtracted from their respective cases…
Clarion County adds virus case; state surpasses 100,000
From staff reports The state Department of Health on Saturday announced Clarion County reported an additional positive case of COVID-19, giving the county a total…
Knox Horsethief Days won’t be held
By RODNEY L. SHERMAN Clarion News editor The Horsethief Days Festival in Knox has been canceled due to state restrictions on large, outdoor gatherings and…
Clarion County reports probable case
From staff reports The state Department of Health on Thursday announced Clarion County reported one additional probable case of COVID-19, giving the county a total…
County officials told rural broadband is doable here
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer Members of the Northwest County Commissioners Association were told Monday it is possible to have broadband services in rural Pennsylvania….
Clarion County gets its CARES funding
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer Clarion County Treasurer Tom McConnell said Tuesday the county has received its $3.4 million in CARES Act funding. The problem…
Area commissioners hear about possibilities for rural broadband
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer Members of the Northwest County Commissioners Association were told Monday it is possible to have broadband services in rural Pennsylvania….
Venango, Clarion report additional cases over weekend
From staff reports The State Department of Health over the weekend announced three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Venango County and two additional cases…
Autumn Leaf challenges mounting
By RODNEY L. SHERMAN Clarion News editor News and information about the COVID-19 emergency changes daily – sometimes it seems almost hourly – and that…
Clarion University pulls back on ALF participation
By RODNEY L. SHERMAN Clarion News editor Clarion University will honor its sponsorship commitment to the Autumn Leaf Festival but has canceled several annual events,…
Ladies mission group members use their talents for those in need
By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer There is a “sweatshop” in Jefferson County, but in this sweatshop the workers are volunteers with smiles on their faces….