Editorial

I would like to extend my heartiest thanks to Paula Snyder and all the other members of the Cattaraugus County Republican Party for their appointment ...

The Olean Times Herald article in Tuesday’s edition, “Vets’ Exemption Up for Discussion in A-L District,” has prompted me to examine my vacillation on...

Glenn Beck, a former cornerstone of Fox News, made a return to the conservative media giant’s soundstage for an interview with Megyn Kelly last week. ...

I am truly disappointed in the Olean Times Herald’s lack of coverage of an important community event. The dismal coverage of the Dr. Martin Luther Kin...

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Surgeon General’s first report on health hazards of cigarette smoking, the office released a repor...

People who care, vote. People who care more, vote more. Me? I vote early and often, as the joke goes. I’ve always been a political news junkie since o...

Ray Donnelly, his wife, Teresa, and their family have been an important part of my life for a very long time. Unable to return home to honor Ray and l...

I read with dismay the article in the Olean Times Herald that Cuba-Rushford Central School District is considering sanctioning an after-school trap sh...

That co-worker who often falls back on the small-talk staple of “Cold ’nuff for ya?” can perhaps get a pass from the cliché police this week. Because ...

As I remember it, Barry Goldwater once described Hubert Humphrey as “Hubert Horatio Wind, who speaks at the rate of (several hundred) words per minute...

It is somewhat surprising that Gov. Andrew Cuomo, usually so measured and calculating in everything he does, would allow himself to become enmeshed in...

Budget time on any government level can be a lot like putting together a Christmas wish list — some things one will get, some things might not be unde...

Last week, the acting surgeon general of the United States released his report on tobacco use in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of former SG Lu...

In 1960, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the pill for contraceptive use, effectively disconnecting sex from its biological purpose. Wit...

O ne of my earliest memories of misery was fighting a bad case of influenza as a child. As my siblings were also sick, my grandmother came to our aid ...

There’s this photograph. It hangs in a small corner on the west wall at the State King. Couldn’t even venture a guess how long it’s been there. It’s o...

Taking a look at the headlines from the past week, the Olean Times Herald is passing out the “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” on selected stories. We hope...

During the holiday season the staff at Olean General Hospital knew it was especially difficult for patients to be in hospital. The kids, especially, w...