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
Feb 05, 2013
In my seemingly never-ending quest to inform the public of how local governments are (supposed to be) run, I figure we’ll get a little more into what ...
Editorial
Feb 05, 2013
A number of citizens and law enforcement officials played an important role in assisting with the capture of an alleged Alfred bank robber, Scott Wade...
Editorial
Feb 02, 2013
Back in the day — that makes it sound so long ago, doesn’t it? — a big technical crisis involving computers and news feeds was often solved with a bro...
Editorial
Feb 01, 2013
We have opened Pandora’s Box in trying to control gun ownership. The new law will backfire on us like Prohibition did in the 1920s and ’30s. Back then...
Editorial
Feb 01, 2013
As Gov. Andrew Cuomo seeks to rebuild New York’s infrastructure, relieve our municipalities from crushing mandates and create jobs, he should push for...
Editorial
Jan 31, 2013
During the past few months, I’ve been cobbling together information on open meetings, public records and databases. I’ve been getting some really good...
Editorial
Jan 31, 2013
How and why are the good unions still in existence? After having the privilege of being a member and working in an electrical construction union (Loca...
Editorial
Jan 31, 2013
The federal government in this fiscal year is now spending, on average, $10.45 billion per day, or about $200 million per hour! Every four seconds, th...
Editorial
Jan 30, 2013
It’s pretty much old news by now that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his minions’ dirty little pens signed gun bill S2230 into law almost overnight, thereby ex...
Editorial
Jan 29, 2013
One of the many buzz words for 2012 was “fiscal cliff,” a phrase used to describe the expiration of various tax provisions, namely the Bush-era tax ra...
Editorial
Jan 29, 2013
Although I disagree with his politics, I always read Nate Smith’s letters to the editor because he expresses his ideas in a clear, thoughtful manner a...
Editorial
Jan 29, 2013
As I read Paul Stokes letter in Thursday’s edition of the Olan Times Herald (“Is Ellicottville Central School Administration Doing End-Run?”), I thoug...
Editorial
Jan 29, 2013
Did you know the Department of Energy plans to allow radioactive metal from weapons sites to be recycled into consumer goods like zippers, toys, watch...
Editorial
Jan 28, 2013
During her recent Congressional testimony, outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was asked why the attack in Benghazi that killed our Ambassador...
Editorial
Jan 28, 2013
The goals of national reform are becoming widely accepted across the country as we grapple with ways to reduce the continued growth of health-care spe...
Editorial
Jan 28, 2013
A decade ago, I stepped on a plane headed for the Dominican Republic. I stepped on to a plane by myself, to a place I had never been, in hopes that my...
Editorial
Jan 27, 2013
Just inside the exhibit area of the Daniel Carter Events Center in Allegany a group of men were talking. “The problem is Obama’s not going to stop at ...
Editorial
Jan 27, 2013
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who outlined his agenda for 2013 in his State of the State and budget proposal addresses in recent days, put out a 213-page booklet...
Football, Local Sports, Sports
October 3, 2025
Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Ed Oliver was off to a sensational start when a teammate stepped on his foot in practice on Sept. 10. Oliver, who helpe...
National News, National Sports, NY State Sports
October 2, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Rookie right-hander Cam Schlittler struck out 12 in eight dominant innings and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-0 on Thu...
Local Sports, Sports
Sports Roundup
October 2, 2025
Boys Soccer: Allegany-Limestone 1 — Olean 0 ALLEGANY — The Gators were able to overcome a strong fight from the visiting Huskies on Thursday night, as...
Business, Local News, News
October 2, 2025
OLEAN — The next round of work to clean up the West Valley Demonstration Project will involve more workers and move hundreds of millions of pounds of ...
Crime, Local News, News
October 2, 2025
OLEAN — A Little Valley man faces charges of welfare fraud, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office reported Thursday. Dustin T. Hawkins, 35, was char...
Business, Local News, News, ...
October 2, 2025
WELLSVILLE — The village has been good to them and they believe they're good for Wellsville. Jeremy Hadaway and his wife Tennille are the owners of BD...
