HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania has begun working to boost the number of hospital beds and organize "strike teams" of extra healthcare workers for hospitals and nursing homes struggling with surging COVID-19-related caseloads and staffing shortages, Gov. Tom Wolf's office said ...

Chautauqua County is seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases after the holidays. On Wednesday, the Health Department noted 852 new cases reported and 12 new deaths. Hospitalizations decreased to 24 from 41 last week. Those currently hospitalized, the county notes, include nine individuals who are ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but remained at historically low levels, suggesting that the job market remains strong. U.S. jobless claims rose by 7,000 last week to 207,000. The four-week average of claims, which smooths out ...

During the first several months of the pandemic in the U.S., Dina Levy made her young daughter and son go on walks with her three times a day. They kicked a soccer ball around at the nearby high school. The children, then 11 and 8, created an obstacle course out of chalk and the three timed ...

DUNKIRK -- Bad weather in the Buffalo area led to the closure of the Dunkirk City School District today, but was not the only factor, Superintendent Mike Mansfield said this morning. "We started out looking at the weather," he said. "They closed everything north of Silver Creek last night." ...

The Jamestown Public School has received free at-home COVID test kits from New York state for every enrolled student. JPS families will be able to pick up the free at-home COVID test beginning today. Student name and ID or date of birth will be required to pick up the tests. The tests may ...