Olean Common Council special meeting set for late budget approval
By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
April 17, 2026
OLEAN — City legislators will meet next week with hopes to pass a late budget. The Common Council will hold a special meeting Tuesday following the fa...
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Outdoors: Spring turkeys are totally unpredictable
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
By By WADE ROBERTSON 
April 17, 2026
Spring gobbler season is only days away and I should be excited, but may have a case of turkey PTSD — the longer I hunt gobblers the less I understand them. Turkeys gobble, supposedly, to attract hens. When there are no hens around, they are supposed to run blindly into your seductive calls. Yeah, r...
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Olean girls shine in rain-shortened opener
Local Sports, Sports, Track & Field
April 16, 2026
Huskies earn 7 of 11 firsts to top A-L, Pioneer OLEAN — The Olean High track and field teams — and their two opponents, no doubt -- would naturally ha...
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GVBC’s Davenport earns 20th career win
Baseball, Local Sports, Sports
April 16, 2026
On Monday, Genesee Valley/Belfast Central senior pitcher Ethan Davenport achieved a milestone with his 20th career win in a 6-0 victory over Canisteo-...
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Local & Social
Friendship announces honor rolls for third quarter
Allegany County, Local News, Student News
Apr 17, 2026
FRIENDSHIP -- Friendship Central School District reported its honor rolls for the third quarter of the 2025-26 school year. High Honor Roll Grade 10 -...
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HomeCare & Hospice awarded Spark Good Local Grant
Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
Apr 17, 2026
ALLEGANY — HomeCare & Hospice has received funding through the Walmart Spark Good Local Grants program to purchase a new Hoyer lift, which will improv...
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Wally Rix to retire from Cutco after 25 Years
Business, Local News, News
Apr 16, 2026
OLEAN — Wally Rix, edge finisher for Cutco Cutlery Corp., will retire effective May 1 after celebrating 25 years of service this month. Rix joined Cut...
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Allegany County, Local News, News
By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
Apr 16, 2026
FRIENDSHIP -- Improvements to the town’s water system are coming thanks in part to state assistance announced Thursday. The state announced $8.3 milli...
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Jamestown man sentenced for 2023 murder
Crime, Local News, News, ...
Apr 16, 2026
MAYVILLE — A Jamestown man who was already behind bars for kidnapping an elderly couple in Warren County, Pa. has been sentenced for the shooting deat...
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Tri-County Arts Council announces new exhibition
Lifestyle, Lifestyles, Local News, ...
Apr 16, 2026
OLEAN — Tri-County Arts Council has announced 'The Shape of Clay,' an exhibition celebrating the versatility and creativity of ceramic art. The show w...
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Crime and Courts
Police reports 4/15/26
Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, Crime, ...
Apr 15, 2026
Salamanca Police  Sunday, 12:14 a.m. , Seka J. Nosie, 45, of Killbuck, was charged with driving a motor vehicle while registration was suspended/revok...
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Our military has been driven into a crisis
Commentary, Opinion
By ARTHUR G. AUSTIN JR. 
April 17, 2026
When will enough be enough? Last year I traveled across both Canada and the United States, and nowhere did I see gas for under $2 a gallon. Perhaps so...
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Elise Stefanik talks about her new book
Commentary, Opinion
By CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
April 17, 2026
ALBANY (TNS) — Had Elise Stefanik been confirmed as ambassador to the United Nations, she wouldn't have a new book out. The North Country Republican t...
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