November 12, 2018 - Senator Yaw joins students and Loyalsock Twp school superintendent Gerry McLaughlin at Donald E. Schick Elementary for a hero's welcome and a Veterans Day program for area service members and their families.
November 8, 2018 - Senator Yaw welcomes Senator Pat Browne to the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative Breakfast.
November 8, 2018 - Senator Yaw addresses the attendees during the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative Breakfast at the Genetti Hotel in Williamsport.
November 8, 2018 - Senator Yaw joins Senator Pat Browne and members of the Senate Appropriations staff during a tour of the Penn College campus.
November 8, 2018 - Bradley M. Webb, assistant dean of industrial, computing and engineering technologies, offers insights during a tour of the Penn College campus with Senator Yaw and Senator Pat Browne.
October 24, 2018 - Senator Yaw joins Lance Van Auken - World of Little League Museum Executive Director; Barbara McGary - James V. Brown Library Executive Director; Joe Hamm - Jersey Shore Borough Manager; Reneé Carey - Northcentral PA Conservancy Executive Director; Shannon Lukowsky - Loyalsock Township Director of Recreation & Parks to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Pennsylvania Keystone Fund.
October 23, 2018 - Senator Yaw and Daria Fish, Chief Oil and Gas, discuss the Elk Creek Restoration Project.
October 23, 2018 - Senator Yaw and Rep. Tina Pickett present Cory Richmond with Legislative Citations honoring his 25 years of employment at the Sullivan County Conservation District.
October 23, 2018 - Senator Yaw honors Francis Moll for 28 years of service as a Sullivan County Conservation District Director.
October 23, 2018 - Senator Yaw and Rep. Tina Pickett recognize Chief Oil and Gas on winning the 2018 Sullivan County Conservation District “Cooperator of the Year” Award for the Elk County Restoration Project.
October 23, 2018 - Senator Yaw attends the Sullivan County Conservation District Ag Agencies Banquet in Dushore.
October 23, 2018 - Senator Yaw hosts his annual “Breakfast Meeting on Agriculture” at the Sayre Best Western.
October 23, 2018 - Senator Yaw hosts his annual “Breakfast Meeting on Agriculture” at the Sayre Best Western. Pictured (from left, back row) are Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Bradford); Secretary Redding; Northeast Bradford High School students Maisie Neuber, Julia Brown, Michael Brown and Teddy Bowen, and Principal Robert Moore; (front row) Bradford/Sullivan Farm Bureau President Barbara Warburton; Bradford County Dairy Princess Emilie Cole; Alternate Dairy Princess McKenzie Slater; Molly Pifer; Ava Neville; and NEB ag teacher Brian Pifer.
October 17, 2018 - Senator Yaw has been awarded the 2018 NFIB Guardian of Small Business for working to protect and preserve the future of free enterprise and small businesses across the 23rd District and Pennsylvania.
October 17, 2018 - Senator Yaw welcomes Bloomsburg University Nursing Associate Professor & Chairperson Sheila Hartung, Ph.D., RN (center) & students Paighton Martin (left) from Bradford County and Deidre Long (right) from Northumberland County to the Capitol today to discuss important legislation impacting the nursing profession.
October 16, 2018 - Senator Yaw joins Jeffery Romoff, President and CEO of Pittsburgh-based UPMC, for an announcement highlighting a major expansion for UPMC Susquehanna in Williamsport. The new $100 million building will create the infrastructure needed to support the advanced life-saving and rehabilitation services necessary to provide full trauma services by 2020.
October 11, 2018 - Senator Yaw joined Williamsport Area School District students, teachers and administration to formally announce the district's participation in implementing the National Math and Science Institute's (NMSI) College Readiness Program through a $1.2 million state grant.
Funded over a three-year period, the program will work to ensure “more students have access to the challenging classes that will prepare them for future success.” Further, “the three-year program dramatically increases the number of students taking and earning qualifying scores on Advanced Placement (AP) math, science and English exams and has a proven track record of improving results for traditionally underserved and female students.”
October 11, 2018 - Senator Yaw joined Williamsport Area School District students, teachers and administration to formally announce the district's participation in implementing the National Math and Science Institute's (NMSI) College Readiness Program through a $1.2 million state grant.
Funded over a three-year period, the program will work to ensure “more students have access to the challenging classes that will prepare them for future success.” Further, “the three-year program dramatically increases the number of students taking and earning qualifying scores on Advanced Placement (AP) math, science and English exams and has a proven track record of improving results for traditionally underserved and female students.”
October 9, 2018 - Senator Yaw joins with the Animal Care Sanctuary in East Smithfield, Bradford County, to break ground on their new clinic and kennel. ACS’ 18,000 constituents, adopters, donors, and volunteers, come from throughout the United States. ACS has a dedicated board of directors, who are donors and active volunteers, a 28 member professional staff including three licensed veterinarians and 210 volunteers. ACS is licensed by the State of Pennsylvania and accredited by the American Sanctuary Association.
October 3, 2018 - Senator Yaw meets "Miss Pennsylvania 2018," Gettysburg native Kayla Repasky at the State Capitol.
October 2, 2018 - Senator Yaw chairs a public hearing of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania at the State Capitol to discuss the disease of addiction and opioid dependence.
October 2, 2018 - Senator Yaw chairs a public hearing of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania at the State Capitol to discuss the disease of addiction and opioid dependence.
September 26, 2018 - Senator Gene Yaw serves as the Keynote Speaker for the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry’s DEP Quarterly Update at Harrisburg University.
September 26, 2018 - Senator Gene Yaw joins Raphael Barishansky, Pennsylvania Department of Health; and Stefanie Salavantis, Luzerne County District Attorney as they discuss current strategies to fight the opioid crisis throughout Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania during WVIA’s “Battling Opioids” Community Forum.
September 25, 2018 - The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, chaired by Sen. Gene Yaw, discusses foreign influences on Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry during a public hearing in the State Capitol.
September 25, 2018 - Senator Gene Yaw speaks during Pennsylvania Public Media’s Event "Battling Opioids" in the Ryan Office Building in Harrisburg.
September 13, 2018 - Senator Yaw held his annual Senior Citizen Expo at the Lycoming Valley Baptist Church in Montoursville. The event welcomed over 500 seniors and their caregivers from across the area.
September 13, 2018 - Senator Yaw held his annual Senior Citizen Expo at the Lycoming Valley Baptist Church in Montoursville. The event welcomed over 500 seniors and their caregivers from across the area.
September 13, 2018 - Senator Yaw held his annual Senior Citizen Expo at the Lycoming Valley Baptist Church in Montoursville. The event welcomed over 500 seniors and their caregivers from across the area.
September 13, 2018 - Senator Yaw held his annual Senior Citizen Expo at the Lycoming Valley Baptist Church in Montoursville. The event welcomed over 500 seniors and their caregivers from across the area.
August 22, 2018 - Sen. Yaw tours the Eagles Mere Air and Auto Museums in Sullivan County, PA.
August 22, 2018 - Sen. Yaw tours the Eagles Mere Air and Auto Museums in Sullivan County, PA.
August 19, 2018 - Sen. Yaw and Steve Keener, President & CEO of Little League Baseball, pose for a picture during the 2018 Major League Baseball “Little League Classic” at Bowman’s Field in Williamsport.
August 16, 2018 - The state Senate Majority Policy Committee held a public discussion of school safety, hosted by Sen. Yaw, in the Bush Campus Center on Thursday afternoon. The 90-minute session, the latest in a series being held across the commonwealth, allowed a diverse panel of stakeholders – district superintendents, principals, business managers and school board members; law enforcement; bus contractors; legislators and the legal profession – to share their concerns and best practices alike.
August 16, 2018 - The state Senate Majority Policy Committee held a public discussion of school safety, hosted by Sen. Yaw, in the Bush Campus Center on Thursday afternoon. The 90-minute session, the latest in a series being held across the commonwealth, allowed a diverse panel of stakeholders – district superintendents, principals, business managers and school board members; law enforcement; bus contractors; legislators and the legal profession – to share their concerns and best practices alike.
August 15, 2018 - Sen. Yaw, Chairman of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania Board of Directors, comments during the Center’s 14th public hearing on opioid addiction Wednesday. The Center’s Board heard from individuals in the treatment and recovery field in Cambria County.
August 14, 2018 - Sen. Yaw participates in the dedication of Penn College’s new “makerspace,” providing a fertile environment for innovation and imagination – and the tools with which students can turn visions into reality. The student-designed Dr. Welch Workshop memorializes Dr. Marshall Welch Jr., a local orthodontist and longtime philanthropist.
July 25, 2018 - Senator Yaw stopped by the 143rd Annual Troy Fair in Bradford County. Senator Yaw is pictured with State Rep. Clint Owlett and his son.
July 19, 2018 - Senator Yaw recently congratulated the Bucknell University Small Business Development Center on its 40th Anniversary. Pictured Left to Right: Sen. John Gordner, Senator Gene Yaw, Steve Stumbris-SBDC Director, Rep. Fred Keller and Rep. Lynda Schlegel Culver.
July 19, 2018 - Senator Yaw and Senator John Gordner chat with Gilson Snowboards owner Nick Gilson during the Bucknell University SBDC’s 40th Anniversary Celebration and entrepreneur awards ceremony.
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