Rationing of medical treatment is viewed by many Americans as unacceptable. Making health care decisions based on anything but need is seen as immoral. That is as it should be. But as researchers race to develop vaccines against COVID-19, the specter of rationing is being raised by ...
A year ago there was concern about the future of the Loyalsock Valley Antique Machinery Association’s annual show. After the 32nd annual event last summer, the association learned that they would no longer be able to use the grounds of the Consolidated Sportsmen of Lycoming County along ...
Republican Party leaders have one obvious step to take this week: Fire the party personnel who came up with the crazy idea of holding the party convention behind closed doors. It was a blatantly bad idea — almost a gift to Democrats. GOP leaders from throughout the nation will gather later ...
About 40 percent of the more than 153,000 Americans killed by COVID-19 have been residents of nursing homes. Somehow, despite knowing older people with pre-existing health conditions are most vulnerable to the virus, we as a nation allowed that to happen. Many of the deaths occurred during ...
They may be called Odd Fellows, but they are anything but odd. Unless, of course, you consider the act of helping everyday people “odd.” That may be where the name comes from, according to Justin Bailey, grand secretary of the state’s Order of Odd Fellows group, but it’s only one of ...
We are always pleased to see local students competing in the annual Odyssey of the Mind competition and to watch as many teams advance from the regional to the state tournament. Competition day is always — or at least before this year always has been — bustling with activity, with dozens ...
As COVID-19 cases surge across the country, the American Red Cross is experiencing an emergency shortage of convalescent plasma. Convalescent plasma is a type of blood donation collected from individuals who have recovered from COVID-19. It contains antibodies that may help patients actively ...
And so it happens, one step at a time. Over and over again. Until one day David Anderson of Loyalsock Township reached a milestone — he had run 10,000 miles. In 2015, Anderson recorded 826 miles. After that, he just kept running, including 5Ks and a marathon in Harrisburg. He says he runs ...
Debate over a new coronavirus relief package continues in Congress and at the White House. Disagreements are both legitimate and political, but one thing ought to be obvious to all involved: Millions of Americans will be in very real financial trouble if a deal is not achieved ...
Of all the irrational debates Americans should be having about the upcoming November elections, one reported about a week ago takes the cake. Beyond any doubt, many voters will be leery of casting ballots at polling places. That has renewed the debate over absentee ballots cast by ...
An ambitious project attached to the Pine Creek Rail Trail appears promising. So does a partnership among three counties — Lycoming, Clinton and Tioga — aimed at obtaining a $23.3 million federal grant from the Federal Highway Administration. The entire project is estimated to cost $28.5 ...
Pope Francis is telling Roman Catholic leaders they must do what most people — including the overwhelming majority of the church’s faithful — would do without being told: report cases of sexual abuse of children and vulnerable adults to the police. A long awaited manual of guidance from ...
While we are sad to see the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education launch a study into essentially unifying Lock Haven and Mansfield Universities under one budget, one president, one faculty and a combined array of degrees, it is not surprising. Not in the current environment brought ...
It appears some villains in the insect world may owe the COVID-19 virus a debt of gratitude. The coronavirus has distracted public attention from them — and siphoned off public health resources. Mosquito control is a task normally undertaken by about half the public health departments in ...
Some of the men and women who serve us in uniform suffer wounds or other injuries that lead to a lifetime of sacrifice for us. In return, taxpayers help the most severely affected purchase specially adapted motor vehicles — once. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, ...
Leave aside the political correctness that has resulted in universal condemnation of all law enforcement personnel, for a moment. In the interest of saving lives, let us return at least briefly to using our common sense. As The Associated Press reports, a significant number of officers, ...
Gov. Wolf delivered more tough news this week. “During the past week, we have seen an unsettling climb in new COVID-19 cases,” Gov. Wolf said. “When we hit our peak on April 9, we had nearly 2,000 new cases that day ... Medical experts looking at the trajectory we are on now are ...
Today we remember. In all, 24 years have passed since that fateful day, one of the worst in our area’s history. On that day, children of the community perished in an instant. On that day, the community was brought to its knees by our collective grief over this tragedy. It was the day ...
What some have described as a “citizen legislature” approach to governance in the United States means that the overwhelming majority of members of Congress have private business interests. Inevitably, some of what they do affects their personal finances. Quite a few of them have benefited ...
Much of the public’s attention to law enforcement personnel during recent weeks has focused on the tiny minority of them who deserve to be called “bad cops.” The enormous number of good officers, deputies, troopers and agents ought to be remembered, too. One of them is Toledo, Ohio, ...