Elk County News

State Rep. Matt Gabler, R-Clearfield/Elk, said creating jobs, particularly in rural areas like his legislative district, and ensuring fiscal responsibility in state spending are top priorities for 2012.

A lengthy process came to fruition Tuesday as the Elk County Commissioners approved an energy-saving initiative that could save county officials and taxpayers over $500,000 in the next 20 years.

Photo by Joseph Bell - Elk County Commissioner Daniel R. Freeburg, center, reads a resolution Tuesday alongside fellow commissioners Janis E. Kemmer, right, and June H. Sorg.

SAINT MARY'S, ELK COUNTY- February 1 at 3:10 in the afternoon, Wilcox and Johnsonburg fire departments responded to a fire on Mefferts Run Road in Jones Township.

Fire crews battled a massive apartment fire Sunday night in Elk County. The blaze broke out in the building at the corner of Depot Street and Allenhurst Avenue in Ridgway.

An Amish horse-and-buggy clopped along a deserted valley road in this hamlet 240 miles southeast of Erie.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection invites industries, businesses, utilities and local government to an introductory workshop on Wednesday, Feb.

State Rep. Matt Gabler is scheduling satellite office services at five different sites throughout Clearfield and Elk counties in February.

The State Police Fire Marshal rules two Elk County fires accidental. The first happened around 3:00 Wednesday afternoon in Jones Township.

State police made arrests in these cold cases using a federal grant: -- Mary Irene Gency, 16, beaten to death in Fallowfield, Washington County, in 1977 -- Catherine Janet Walsh, 23, strangled in Monaca, Beaver County, in 1979 -- John Mayerchak, 51, shot in Lehigh County in 1985 -- Louis Jones, 81, stabbed in Warren County in 1996 -- Irene ... (more)

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At Tuesday's meeting of the Elk County Solid Waste Authority, a lengthy discussion was held concerning the possible hire of a worker to aid in the running of the Elk County Community Recycling Center in the Stackpole Complex in St.

In Elk County, the Board has approved an exchange with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources , in which the Game Commission will receive 291.43 acres of Elk State Forest in Benezette Township that will become part of SGL 311.

A 31-year-old Ridgway man faces charges after allegedly stealing prescription medication and attempting to sell it Friday in Ridgway Township, Elk County.

An incident of criminal mischief occurred sometime between 6 a.m. Jan. 13 and 4 p.m. Friday at a seasonal residence along Dahoga Road in Jones Township, Elk County.

There were major injuries to a Brockport man in a single vehicle accident yesterday in Horton Township, Elk County.

Photo by Gian DeLoia - Elk County Waterways Conservation Officer Thomas McMann of the Pa.

Photo by Gian DeLoia - The Elk County Conservation District [ECCD] approved three dirt and gravel road projects during Monday night's regular meeting.

An incident of trespass occurred at 1:50 p.m. Sunday at the Family Dollar Store in Ridgway Township, Elk County.

A 72-year-old Brockport man suffered a major injury after a single-vehicle accident at 12:07 p.m. Friday along Keystone Road in Horton Township, Elk County.