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Harmony Horsemanship Center — Approximate Program Site Since 2015. A horse farm outside Tyrone that started with fewer than 10 struggling veterans now serves 40 of them every week, and it just earned a major local honor for the work. Victory Therapeutic Horsemanship, a volunteer-run nonprofit offering free equine therapy to veterans battling post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety, has been named the 2026 Season of Sharing recipient.

Open enrollment on Pennie, Pennsylvania’s state health insurance exchange, begins Nov. 1 for 2027 coverage. People who want a plan that starts Jan. 1 have to enroll by Dec. 15. The window for coverage that starts later runs into January. The dates for 2027 coverage The Pennsylvania Health Law Project says open enrollment for 2027 […]

Zitner's Fine Confections is making candy again, more than two years after its century-old North Philadelphia factory went quiet, with production of the beloved Butter Krak egg now underway at a new plant in Hatfield, Montgomery County. The company began production there in September, and its signature dark chocolate-covered egg is expected to reach Philadelphia-area grocery shelves in December, possibly before Christmas.

Pennsylvania has adopted new animal-testing restrictions requiring eligible animals to be offered a chance at adoption after experiments conclude, giving them a route from laboratory facilities into homes. Here's what to know. Gov. Josh Shapiro signed Senate Bill 381, the Beagle Bill, into law as Act 92 of 2026 after...

(This content was created with the help of AI.) Pennsylvania's largest Amish community has become ground zero for the country's worst measles surge in decades—and it's quietly shifting some minds on vaccines. The AP reports Lancaster County accounts for more than a third of the state's 1,350-plus measles cases this year, with at least three related deaths there. Though the Amish and conservative Mennonites often live apart from mainstream civic life, they shop, work, and attend school alongside

Goodyear’s chemical plant on 56th Street in Niagara Falls, New York, is closing for good, and 51 people lose their jobs when it does on Dec. 30, according to a state layoff notice the Niagara Gazette reported. The tire maker told investors on Oct. 1 that its board had approved closing the Niagara Falls plant... The post Goodyear is closing its Niagara Falls, New York plant, ending 51 jobs by Dec. 30 appeared first on The Financial Wire .

NOAA continues to favor above-normal temperatures across New York during Nov. 8–14.

One of the craziest plays of the weekend didn't belong to a college upset or an NFL showdown — it came from the final seconds of a high school football game in upstate New York . In the Empire State's Section III Class A quarterfinals Friday night, fourth-seeded Whitesboro needed a miracle. Down 30-25 with under four seconds left, a Hail Mary to senior wide receiver Connor McDonald was deflected by an opposing Carthage defender — but the Warriors weren't going to give up that easily. Junior rece

A driver was hospitalized after driving into a Hanover County fire station on Sunday morning.

New Philadelphia, OH – November is beginning after an unusually warm and exceptionally dry October across portions of eastern Ohio, where two communities recorded some of their driest October conditions on record, according to newly released federal weather data.