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Just Toyin' Witcha: Your Guide to American Radio Stations

by B. Toy11/26/2014, 5:00 AM

Don't touch that dial!

The Way I See It: USPS and the Burden of the Postal Reform Accountability Act

by Rebecca Styn11/26/2014, 4:30 AM

Re-examining the impending consolidations or closings United States Postal Service Branches.

Street Corner Soapbox: The Moral Bankruptcy of the GOP

by Jay Stevens11/26/2014, 4:15 AM

The 2014 midterm elections -- a dark week for the Republican party?

Exile on State Street: Waking up Erie Leadership from Its Comfortable Slumber

by Rick Filippi11/26/2014, 4:00 AM

Examining the 2014 midterm elections.

Ferguson Forward: Race Still Matters

by Jim Wertz11/25/2014, 9:53 PM

Ferguson goes up in flames, but what does that change?

From The Editors

by The Editors11/25/2014, 1:56 PM

Critical times lie ahead for the state of Pennsylvania and the city of Erie: A look at the governor-elect, Destination Erie, community voices, and waking up local leadership.

Google Pressed in European Parliament

by Jim Wertz11/23/2014, 9:01 AM

Google searching for solution to European Parliament resloution.

Aereo: The Experiment Ends

by Jim Wertz11/22/2014, 10:56 AM

Five months after the Supreme Court rules against it, Aereo files for Chapter 11 protection.

Edgar Snyder for President?

by Jim Wertz11/21/2014, 2:10 PM

House Republicans are suing the President. Where's Edgar Snyder when you need him?

A War of Words

by Jim Wertz11/19/2014, 8:08 PM

Why violence? Words are weapons too.

Film at the Erie Art Museum Wraps Its Fall 2014 Season with a Meditation on Life, and Film

by Jim Wertz11/16/2014, 2:56 PM

Film at the Erie Art Museum finishes it Fall 2014 season with a look at film critic Roger Ebert.

The Week of the Pope

by Jim Wertz11/15/2014, 2:57 PM

Pope Francis, Accountants, and Patti Smith. Only in Rome.

Uberific News!

by Jim Wertz11/13/2014, 9:43 PM

Erie Yellow Cab has some Uber competition.

Radio, Radio

by Jim Wertz11/12/2014, 2:07 PM

The FCC is sending more bandwidth to auction. Could this unhinge County plans for a public radio system?

Considering the City: Desperately Seeking Supermarket

by Civitas members Lisa Austin and Stephen Sonnenberg11/12/2014, 7:30 AM

The imminent closing of Shur-fine on West Eighth Street will result in a food desert.

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