Breaking News
September 27, 2025
SALAMANCA — A Salamanca man was being held for the murder of another person in the city, Salamanca police reported Saturday. Andrew C. Skye, 35, of 31...
Editorial
Apr 25, 2013
America is a nation with many legitimate fears. Regrettably, fear of God is not one of them. We appear to have lost our moral compass. A country found...
Editorial
Apr 25, 2013
The New York state government has been labeled as dysfunctional for many years due to over-taxing, out-of-control spending and forcing new programs an...
Editorial
Apr 21, 2013
The Jackie Robinson story has been told many times. However, I have a personal connection to the Robinson family that I would like to share. Growing u...
Editorial
Apr 21, 2013
Rep. Tom Reed met this week with highway commissioners across the 23rd Congressional District in Elmira to discuss the need for local infrastructure i...
Editorial
Apr 20, 2013
As you know, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the New York state academic assessment tests lately. Whether you are for or against these...
Editorial
Apr 20, 2013
We want to take this opportunity to say a special thanks to Kristi Threadgill and Sherri Evans for organizing a benefit for our daughter, Tracy Thread...
Editorial
Apr 19, 2013
As if from an alien spacecraft hovering above the Earth, Barry Gan has beamed down his bi-monthly column to the Olean Times Herald (“U.S. & NKorea: Wh...
Editorial
Apr 17, 2013
In Monday’s edition of the Olean Times Herald, Dr. Barry Gan presents a spirited defense of North Korea and a blistering attack against the foreign po...
Editorial
Apr 17, 2013
As of this writing, there was no information on who triggered the bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon finish-line area, nor did we know why. But the aw...
Editorial
Apr 16, 2013
With Tax Day having passed on Monday, 46 percent (up from 43 percent last year) of New York residents say they paid too much in taxes this year while ...
Editorial
Apr 16, 2013
On May 1, 2013, the local assessors of Cattaraugus County will fill their tentative assessment roll, which will provide the taxpayers in our county th...
Editorial
Apr 15, 2013
Dr. Ben Carson stepped into the national spotlight in February, when, speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast to an audience that included President...
Editorial
Apr 15, 2013
When Tim Roudebush died last week in his home near Kansas City, he left an important legacy to McKean County. During the 1990s, the Kansas businessman...
Editorial
Apr 14, 2013
Although I decided to receive treatment at Roswell Park, I am deeply grateful to the nurses and doctors who cared for me during my stay at Olean Gener...
Editorial
Apr 14, 2013
After reading the many letters of opposition to the wasting of taxpayers’ money by altering North Union Street, I, too, believe it would be a horrible...
Editorial
Apr 12, 2013
I am writing to offer our support for the North Union Street project and to affirm two points that have been made in the public discourse regarding sp...
Editorial
Apr 11, 2013
The Southern Tier counties of New York state have been languishing in a politically induced limbo over hydraulic fracturing’s future for close to five...
Editorial
Apr 11, 2013
I am a life-long resident of Olean and have been a patron of the Olean Public Library all my life. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of Miss C...
Commentary, Opinion
October 3, 2025
On April 2003, I deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as part of a Military Police Headquarters assigned to the Joint Task Force (JTF). As the JTF Current...
Commentary, Opinion
October 3, 2025
Telling uncomfortable truths happens so rarely on the world stage that it can sound shocking or even scandalous. Late last month, President Donald Tru...
Local News, News
October 3, 2025
OLEAN — The Olean Meditation Center will continue its Fall Seminar Series on Thursday with From Grief to Grace: A Death Doula’s Story, a presentation ...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
October 3, 2025
A visitor from Buffalo Buffalo Bills cornerback Ja'Marcus Ingram recently stopped by Allegany-Limestone Elementary to share his children's book, "The ...
Local News, News
October 3, 2025
In Thursday’s edition we called for entries in State & Union’s annual first snow contest. Today, with the white stuff on our mind, we take a look at p...
