Coronavirus

SYRACUSE (TNS) — A federal judge has rejected New York’s limit of 50 people at wedding receptions in restaurants during the coronavirus shutdown. Judg...

OLEAN — Another Olean Chamber event has been sidelined by COVID-19. The Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce announced Monday that the 2020 Greater ...

OLEAN — Two more Cattaraugus County residents have received test results positive for COVID-19, the county Health Department announced Friday. There h...

ST. BONAVENTURE — On Wednesday, about 60 St. Bonaventure University students from states with high rates of COVID-19 came to campus to begin a 14-day ...

ALBANY (TNS) — When U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer this week called on Canada Border Services Agency officers to use “common sense” when U.S. boaters stray...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo says schools can open this fall. Speaking to reporters late Friday afternoon, the governor said the infection rate...

CUBA — Officials are holding their noses as they cancel Allegany County’s smelliest event this fall. Kevin White, president of the Cuba Chamber of Com...

SALAMANCA — After an extended closure from the winter months followed by the coronavirus pandemic, the go-to place for Salamanca’s history is now reop...

SALAMANCA — The wait on how to reopen continues for the Salamanca City Central School District after submitting its plan to the state Education Depart...

OLEAN — The Cattaraugus County Health Department is suddenly finding it increasingly difficult to get COVID-19 test results back in a timely manner. C...

ALFRED — A new case of COVID-19 was reported in Allegany County on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Alfred State College officials announced students have begun re...

OLEAN — Cattaraugus County’s COVID-19 positive residents ticked up by one again on Tuesday to 131. The latest individual with a positive COVID-19 test...

Gov. Cuomo is expected to announce by the end of the week whether public schools will be able to have in-person instruction this fall. Cattaraugus Cou...

LITTLE VALLEY — The annual Cattaraugus County Trappers’ Association Sportsman’s Rendezvous scheduled for Aug. 14-16 at the County Fairgrounds has been...

BELMONT — No new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Allegany County on Monday as several local nonprofits announced the return of some programs. The A...

ANGELICA — Another Allegany County event is gone with the wind this year due to COVID-19. Terry Parker, a county judge and member of the reenacting 13...

A day after Cattaraugus County reported four new cases of COVID-19 infection — all in the southeast portion of the county — no new cases were reported...

The coronavirus pandemic has put a big hit on tourism, which is big business in Cattaraugus County and throughout Western New York. Millions in sales ...