Breaking News
August 18, 2026
OLEAN — Mayor Amy B. Sherburne advised Tuesday afternoon that East Olean residents boil their water for consumption until further notice after a water...
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 25, 2026
Editor's note: Richard Reilly is president of the Olean Meditation Center and founder of the Center of Solitude. His column is the third of six articl...
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 25, 2026
ALBANY — In 2024, the New York state Legislature decided the state needed some money — $75 billion, to be exact — for “comprehensive adaptation to the...
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 24, 2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it has cut off payments to 11 providers suspected of fraudulently billing $3.4 billion to Medic...
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 24, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — Sam Forstag recently joined a text chain to better keep up with a few friends. There’s nothing unusual about that, except Forstag’s t...
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 24, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — In 2024, Hispanic voters gave President Donald Trump an unexpected boost. In 2026, his policies are driving them back to their Demo...
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 23, 2026
Five construction projects at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Fayetteville, Arkansas nearly tripled in cost because of delays that ...
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 23, 2026
It took 10 minutes to erase Johnstown, Pennsylvania. On May 31, 1889, a wall of water tore down the Little Conemaugh Valley and killed more than 2,200...
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 23, 2026
My father, John H. Spako, spent much of his life caring for other people. He is a veteran, and after serving his country he proudly spent more than 20...
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 22, 2026
Gasoline prices aren’t the only thing California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to raise. Newsom recently put out a release touting California’s economic gro...
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 22, 2026
With U.S. midterm elections fast approaching, Americans of all political persuasions are newly questioning technology giants about the role of artific...
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 22, 2026
CHICAGO (TNS) — As of last Friday, a quarter century has elapsed since the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) became law. At the begi...
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 21, 2026
We hear a lot of talk these days about the relative merits of capitalism and socialism since, for some reason, Marxism is back in fashion in certain (...
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 21, 2026
I was saddened to hear of the passing of Father Dominic Monti; the Olean Times Herald had a very nice writeup on Thursday regarding his passing. The r...
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 21, 2026
The latest moves by Kaleida Health to eliminate long-term care and not negotiate in good faith with LECOM Health regarding the former Bradford (Pa.) R...
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 21, 2026
Not too long ago, Big Tech CEOs were in a high-speed race to be first to advance artificial intelligence. Now they are having second thoughts. The tec...
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 18, 2026
In the classic novel, Don Quixote sees monsters with menacing arms on the horizon. They were harmless windmills, but he tilted his lance toward them a...
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 18, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Trump administration is drafting a rule that would let qualifying married couples draw from the existing Child Care and Develop...
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 18, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security claimed to have saved $10.5 billion through cost-cutting measures led by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Effi...
Local Sports, Sports
September 26, 2026
EAST AURORA — Ahead of his first season as a head coach, Terry Burrows was tasked with getting the best out of a young Olean team with limited varsity...
Cattaraugus County News, Local News, News
September 26, 2026
SALAMANCA — The League of Women Voters of Cattaraugus and Allegany counties invites the public to a City of Salamanca mayoral candidate forum at 7 p.m...
Local News, News, Student News
September 26, 2026
OLEAN — Two weeks into the 2025-26 school year, Olean City School officials say things are off to a smooth, exciting start. At Tuesday’s Board of Educ...
Lifestyle, Lifestyles
September 26, 2026
DEAR ABBY: I have a group of friends who get together once a month, usually for a casual dinner. Next month's gathering will be to celebrate three bir...
Business News, Local News, News
September 26, 2026
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of eight articles highlighting the 2026 cohort of the Laine Business Accelerator program. Karan Turnquist...
Football, Local Sports, Sports
September 25, 2026
ALLEGANY — The Allegany-Limestone football team did an admirable job of giving itself a legitimate chance in the fourth quarter. On the road. Against ...
