Brian McClellan 
February 16, 2026
It looks like we should get our first real melt event of the winter, with unseasonably warm temperatures and some rain expected this week. "We get a n...
February 16, 2026
Four donor designated funds at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation have together supported $270,401 in grants to organizations designated by t...
February 16, 2026
Basketball, Local Sports, Sports
February 16, 2026
Cardinals down Salamanca in OT; A-L tops C-R/B-R RANDOLPH — After a wild season-opening meeting in which the Salamanca girls basketball team rallied from a 30-point deficit to nearly knock off Randolph, the two teams engaged in another thriller on Monday night. And much as they did back on Dec. 2, w...
Local Sports, Sports
SECTION 6 INDOOR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 16, 2026
Sequerth and Mackey set new A-L school marks HOUGHTON — After competing against the entire section across several Varsity Select regular season meets,...
Local Sports, Sports
February 16, 2026
Pioneer’s Bliss, Smith capture sectional titles at NYS qualifier FREDONIA — Wrestlers from Portville, Salamanca and Pioneer earned Section 6 Division ...
Basketball, Local Sports, Sports
February 16, 2026
Salamanca wins, clinches share of CCAA I crown ALLEGANY — Their first contest was characterized by defense. Indeed, in that meeting, back on Jan. 9, t...
Basketball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
By HENRY BUCHAN, Olean Times Herald 
February 15, 2026
ST. BONAVENTURE — With 14 seconds left and with a two point lead, Duquesne junior Jimmie Williams pulled up from 29 feet late in the shot clock, hit n...
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Feb 16, 2026
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Feb 16, 2026
OLEAN — Dominic Rogers, vice president and director of IT for Cutco Corp., will celebrate 35 years of service on Feb. 18. Rogers joined Cutco on Feb. ...
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Feb 16, 2026
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Feb 16, 2026
ALFRED — The Alfred State Archery team delivered an exceptional showing with four athletes reaching the podium at the USA Archery Indoor Nationals. Th...
Local News, News
Feb 16, 2026
Several residents of an apartment building on West Greene Street were evaluated or taken to Olean General Hospital after a fire caused smoke to fill t...
Business, Local News, News
Feb 16, 2026
COUDERSPORT, Pa. — UPMC Cole is taking what hospital officials say is "a bold step toward a greener future." Beginning in early 2026, the hospital wil...
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By KATHRYN ROSS news@oleantimesherald.com 
Feb 16, 2026
SHONGO — Gold, Pa. is 150 miles from Lebanon, Pa., but that didn’t stop a tradition nurtured there to make the journey nothwest to become a happy holi...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Feb 16, 2026
WEST VALLEY — All hands were on deck recently for a unique sitewide training focused on conduct of operations, which establishes the core standards an...
Local News, News, NY State News
By DAN CLARK Times Union, Albany 
Feb 15, 2026
ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul wants a provision in this year's state budget to bar medical providers in New York from exercising a process created ...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, High School, ...
Feb 15, 2026
OLEAN — Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES named its Career and Technical Education High Honor and Honor rolls for the second quarter of the 2025-26 academic ...
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Crime, Local News
Feb 13, 2026
Olean Police Friday, 9:12 a.m. , Sean D. Dewitt, 33, of Franklinville, was charged with petit larceny, a class A misdemeanor. Dewitt was released with...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Crime, ...
Feb 13, 2026
Olean Police Wednesday, 10:52 a.m. , no injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident on Main Street. A vehicle operated by Caelyn N. Mett, ...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Crime, ...
Feb 11, 2026
Olean Police Monday, 12:50 p.m. , no injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of North Union and East State streets...
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February 13, 2026
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February 13, 2026
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February 12, 2026
Local News, News
February 9, 2026
ALFRED — Jennifer Noble, assistant dean of the School of Applied Technology at Alfred State, has been named one of seventeen members of the Data Scien...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Crime, ...
January 21, 2026
Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office OLEAN — John R. Roulo, 42, of Olean, was arrested at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday on a violation of probation warrant issued ...
Local News, News
December 17, 2025
SUNY Jamestown Community College celebrated the achievements of its Honors students during the fall semester Student Showcase on Dec. 5. Formerly kn...
Commentary, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
February 16, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — Billionaires are now Public Enemy No. 1 in America. Majorities of voters, in both parties, think the gap between the rich and poor is...
Commentary, Opinion
By MATT WYLIE The Charlotte Observer 
February 15, 2026
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TNS) — Attorney General Pam Bondi took one of the most radioactive political issues in the country — the Epstein files — and detonate...
Commentary, Opinion
February 15, 2026
Enough already! It should beggar belief that the PRESIDENT of the United States would share a racist video targeting the Obamas. It should alarm every...
Commentary, Opinion
By MATT K. LEWIS Los Angeles Times/TNS 
February 13, 2026
We’re one year in, and President Donald Trump’s second term has already produced a parade of problematic historical analogies. Critics have invoked Ki...
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By RONALD BLUM - AP Baseball Writer 
February 16, 2026
TAMPA, Fla. — Aaron Judge fretted like many Yankees fans as big-name free agents kept signing elsewhere. “It was brutal,” the New York captain said Mo...
Lifestyle, Lifestyles
February 16, 2026
DEAR ABBY: I work in a place where being friendly to customers is part of my job requirement, but I feel like many guys interpret this the wrong way. ...
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By DOUG FERGUSON - AP Golf Writer 
February 15, 2026
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Collin Morikawa had gone 28 months since his last win, and he was reminded Sunday at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am why it's...
National Sports
By Jenna Fryer, AP Auto Racing Writer 
February 15, 2026
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Michael Jordan, six-time NBA champion, is now a Daytona 500 winner, too. Tyler Reddick won “The Great American Race” on Sun...
Cattaraugus County, High School, Local News, ...
February 15, 2026
ELLICOTTVILLE — Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES recently announced its Career and Technical Education High Honor and Honor rolls for the second quarter of ...
Allegany County News, High School, Local News, ...
February 15, 2026
BELMONT — Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES named its Career and Technical Education High Honor and Honor rolls for the second quarter of the 2025-26 academi...
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