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LITTLE VALLEY — A key figure in the decisions driving economic development in Cattaraugus County for three decades is moving on. Joseph E. Higgins res...

ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University is up six places to No. 19 among Regional Universities in the North in the 2027 U.S. News & World Report ...

FRANKLINVILLE -- Blount Library is hosting a six-hour AARP Smart Driver Safety Program on Oct. 6 and 8. This class will be held at the library, 5 N. M...

ELLICOTTVILLE – Olean General Hospital will host the 4th Annual Pulse of the Community Gala from 5:30-9 p.m. Oct. 2 at Holiday Valley Resort’s main lo...

OLEAN – United Way of Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties is proud to announce the recipients of the 2026 Bill and Cathy Fraser Grants. This year, $4,00...

BELMONT -- Thousands of young children across Allegany County will continue receiving free books in their mailboxes each month thanks to a new $35,000...

ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University’s Warming House is one of 20 organizations in Western New York benefiting from the Huddle for Hunger 50/5...

OLEAN — Attendees at the Olean High School varsity football home opener heard something different for the first time in recent memory — enthusiastic s...

The colors of autumn have begun creeping into the hills of Cattaraugus County. New York state’s second fall foliage report of 2026 was released Wednes...

New York and its municipalities top the nation’s top taxers and highest spenders, according to a new watchdog report, which renews calls for the state...

OLEAN — Work to fix errors at the city’s splash park was delayed again this week, city officials reported, as they seek a formal agreement with the co...

BELMONT — Scot D. Thompson, formerly of Englewood, Florida, has pleaded guilty to two counts of murder in the second degree in the shooting deaths of ...

ALLEGANY — Live music will fill the village’s streets, bars and restaurants Saturday when BonaGany presents the annual Allegany Music Festival during ...

NAPOLI — The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office reported the arrest of James R. Ashdown, 61, of Randolph, on charges of assault in the first degree, ...

WEST VALLEY —The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) recently took another step to enhance safety at the West Valley D...

ELLICOTTVILLE — The Ellicottville Ghost Walks are back on Fridays, Sept. 25 and Oct. 2, 16, 22 and 30. Walks began at 7 p.m. from the Gazebo in front ...

OLEAN — Brian Bradt has retired from Cutco Cutlery Corp. after 28 years of service. Bradt joined Cutco on Aug. 19, 1996, as a recessed edge grinder. H...

Local unemployment rates saw little change in August from the month or year before, state officials reported. The state Department of Labor on Tuesday...