Coronavirus

OLEAN — It was a busy October for Cattaraugus County Health Department personnel testing residents for COVID-19 and tracing contacts of those who test...

OLEAN — Cattaraugus County has hit the 500 mark with the number of residents testing positive for COVID-19. The county marked its first positive COVID...

OLEAN — Dozens of students, faculty and staff at Jamestown Community College’s Cattaraugus County Campus participated in COVID-19 “pool-testing” Tuesd...

OLEAN — Another 17 Cattaraugus County residents received positive COVID-19 test results on Wednesday, bringing to 453 the number of people who have or...

NEW YORK — The U.S. Justice Department vastly expanded its inquiry Wednesday into whether New York is undercounting coronavirus deaths among nursing h...

OLEAN — Fueled by cases from adult care facilities in Allegany and Hinsdale, Cattaraugus County recorded 29 new positive COVID-19 tests on Tuesday — a...

ELLICOTTVILLE — When Nick Pitillo, owner of The Villaggio in Ellicottville, spotted his restaurant’s name associated with positive tests for COVID-19 ...

OLEAN — Nearly twice as many voters participated in the first weekend of early voting in Cattaraugus County as during all nine days of early voting la...

(Editor's note: This story has been edited from it's original form to reflect new information that one of the three restaurants listed in the story, T...

Two more Cattaraugus County residents have died of COVID-19-related complications, county health authorities reported Sunday, while schools and other ...

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Healthy Families Allegany-Cattaraugus (HFAC) continues to meet with families who reside in the county. HFAC is ...

CUBA — Two Allegany County schools will be closed at the beginning of next week following positive tests for COVID-19. Cuba-Rushford Central and Genes...

OLEAN — Three of the COVID-19 deaths of Cattaraugus County residents this month have involved a local assisted living facility. Three residents of Abs...

In by far the deadliest period of the COVID-19 pandemic in the area, six deaths in a Houghton nursing home were reported Thursday, while a 16th Cattar...

OLEAN — Seven more Cattaraugus County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 as the county continued Wednesday to offer free rapid testing at an ...

BELMONT — On a day when Allegany County recorded 23 new cases of COVID-19 in residents, the county’s Department of Health said Thursday it will offer ...

A 15th Cattaraugus County resident has died from COVID-19, while 17 new cases were reported Tuesday. Dr. Kevin D. Watkins, the county’s public health ...

ALLEGANY — Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul visited a rapid COVID-19 testing station in Allegany Tuesday during a tour of Southern Tier counties where the corona...