Coronavirus

OLEAN — Around one in 10 area jobs was lost between April 2019 and April 2020 — most attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic — according to the state De...

With all the focus on coronavirus, the season for a malady that was in a lot of headlines in the Northeast is heating up. We mean tick-borne Lyme dise...

NEW YORK (TNS) — There will be no in-person summer school in New York this year, but it is still too early to make a decision about whether buildings ...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers are balking at the $75,000 a week cost of testing nursing home employees. Deputy County Administrator Kel...

OLEAN — Starting today, area residents who wish to get a COVID-19 antibodies test will be able to do so with a doctor’s prescription. The antibodies t...

OLEAN — Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, staff and volunteers at the Loaves & Fishes Southern Tier Food Pantry have noticed an increase i...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania is working on guidelines to allow sporting events, exhibitions and leagues, both professional and amateur, to get back ...

ALBANY (AP) — Some 20,000 complaints have been fielded by the state Labor Department relating to workplace safety issues tied to the coronavirus pande...

OLEAN — Area veterans organizations have canceled public occurrences for Memorial Day over the COVID-19 pandemic, but officials hope to still have pri...

ALBANY (TNS ) — Two weeks after wondering aloud why the “old model” of teachers and students in physical classrooms still exists, Gov. Andrew Cuomo sa...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County and the rest of Western New York began the process of reopening businesses under Phase 1 on Tuesday. As manufacture...

OLEAN — The Olean Municipal Building is back open for business. On Tuesday, Mayor Bill Aiello reported that the city clerk’s office would be open from...

BELMONT — COVID-19 appears to be slowing down across the region. The Allegany County Department of Health reported that COVID-19 cases remained level ...

BELMONT — One new case of COVID-19 was reported in Allegany County, but two more have recovered from the illness. The Allegany County Department of He...

OLEAN — The number of COVID-19 cases among Cattaraugus County residents held at 51 for a second day Tuesday. The number of tests and negative test res...

MANHASSET (TNS ) — Another 105 people died due to the coronavirus in New York on Monday, down from 106 the day before. That’s down sharply from April ...

There was an air of jubilation Monday as Cattaraugus County officials learned of Gov. Andrew Cuomo authorizing the Western New York counties to begin ...

OLEAN — Cattaraugus County recorded its 51st positive COVID-19 resident — a man from the southwest part of the county who tested positive when he was ...