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 06, 2012
On April 2, the Olean Times Herald published a column by Jay Ambrose, in which he writes, in reference to The Patient Protection and Affordable Care A...
Editorial
Apr 04, 2012
The Chinese are doing it again. Since China joined the World Trade Organization, the United States’ employment in the auto parts sector has dropped by...
Editorial, Sports
Apr 03, 2012
Here’s why our readers are so special. They’re the ones who, so often, call my attention to something we might never have known otherwise. And so it w...
Editorial
Apr 03, 2012
To the movie industry, I say kudos and congratulations. Just when I thought they couldn’t descend much lower on the scale of depravity and immorality,...
Editorial
Apr 03, 2012
Binding legal contracts with Native Americans, which the state has agreed to, must be respected and upheld. New York state believes it alone has the r...
Editorial, Sports
Mar 30, 2012
Do you think Rebecca Lobo laughed at Maryland on Tuesday night? You know, the Maryland that lost by 31 points to Notre Dame in the NCAA’s Elite Eight ...
Editorial
Mar 30, 2012
Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio says he welcomes the repeal of CoBIS, the Combined Ballistic Identification System, in one of this year’s state budget bi...
Editorial
Mar 29, 2012
Years ago, Yankees third baseman Graig Nettles had the nickname “Puff.” He would enter the clubhouse, get two factions angry with each other ... then,...
Editorial
Mar 29, 2012
I’ve written it before: Youth sports can bring out the best in people. All too often, it can bring out the worst. A group of Olean kids got a healthy ...
Editorial, Sports
Mar 29, 2012
His name was one of four prominent area high school football coaches from the 1960s. Even before it became the Big 30 late in that decade, the names o...
Editorial
Mar 27, 2012
Along with 51 other St. Bonaventure students and staff, I trekked 575 miles across five states and back again in under 24 hours via a Covered Wagon To...
Editorial
Mar 26, 2012
Lock picking. My Los Angeles roommate and I decided we needed to learn how to pick a lock one day. When you’re in your early 20s, broke, living in LA,...
Editorial, Sports
Mar 26, 2012
RALEIGH, N.C. — Jessica Jenkins hopes to continue her basketball career for awhile somewhere before beginning a career as a personal trainer. Megan Va...
Editorial, Sports
Mar 22, 2012
For the Olean High School boys’ basketball team, the heartbreak was evident. With no ticks left on the clock and the scoreboard presiding over the cou...
Editorial
Mar 22, 2012
The Green Party candidate for president of the United States, Jill Stein, spoke to a roomful of local residents Tuesday during an impromptu visit at t...
Editorial, Sports
Mar 21, 2012
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jim Crowley looked numb ... his face a combination of delight and shock. It was less than a half hour after his St. Bonaventure wo...
Editorial
Mar 21, 2012
The person who is knowledgeable of what constitutes the righteousness of God and closely observes societal and national evil trends can know for sure ...
Editorial
Mar 21, 2012
Recently, at a large grocery chain store, I watched a person pay for a $160 wedding cake on a “benefit” card — then purchase cigarettes and beer with ...
Commentary, Opinion
October 1, 2025
There were at least 235,502 retirees across the country who collected a public pension of $100,000 or more in 2024 — costing taxpayers $30.6 billion —...
Allegany County News, Local News, News
October 1, 2025
BELFAST — Armstrong presents the 6th annual Fall Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at 6661 Route 305, featuring free fun for everyone. This yea...
Local News, News
October 1, 2025
OLEAN — St. Joseph’s Maronite Church will hold its Oktoberfest celebration 2-8 p.m. Saturday in the hall at 1102 Walnut St. Oktoberfest will feature G...
Commentary, Opinion
October 1, 2025
Nine years ago, progressives wanted James Comey strung up in the public square. Today, he’s their cause celebre. How times change. In 2016, Democrats ...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
October 1, 2025
SALAMANCA — Beautiful weather, live music, activities for the whole family and several new features are hoping to bring people pouring into the city t...
Business, Local News, News
October 1, 2025
Average gasoline prices in New York have fallen 2.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.17/g, while the price per gallon in Olean-area out...
