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PORTVILLE — The Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce announces Sprague’s Maple Farms has been “tapped” as the featured business on the 2026 Holiday ...

WEST VALLEY — West Valley Demonstration Project workers have finished the second of three phases to drill holes for subsurface soil sampling in and ar...

OLEAN — As winter slowly fades away, new life brought by spring is starting to appear across the region. This weekend, more than 2 billion Christians ...

OLEAN — When the former John Ash Cleaners on West State Street closed in the spring of 2024, city and economic development leaders lamented the loss o...

Bruce R. Blakeman, the Republican candidate for governor, gained ground on Gov. Kathy Hochul in the latest statewide poll of voters — even as a majori...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Sixty-four students from five area schools participated in the annual Challenge 24 math contest March 21 at St. Bonaventure Universi...

OLEAN — Five donor designated funds at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation have awarded gifts totaling $15,972 to area nonprofit organizations...

ALFRED —The sisters of Delta Chi Omega (DCO) and the Center for Civic Leadership are excited to announce that the annual Project Prom Dress Extravagan...

The National Weather Service in Buffalo confirmed earlier this week that an EF-1 tornado struck southeast of Machias on Tuesday, packing estimated pea...

WELLSVILLE — The Wellsville Development Corporation will host its annual Banter, Business & Beverages networking mixer 5 to 7 p.m. April 16 at the Wel...

BRADFORD, Pa. — When Alex Nazemetz of Allegany, N.Y., began working in college admissions in 1986, there were few websites and no search engines. Fort...

ALFRED — A trio of Alfred State students in the Department of Architecture and Design were recently honored with Bob Pahl Sketching Awards. Jacob Righ...

OLEAN — The Olean Senior Center, 112 N. Barry St., in the John J. Ash Community Building, announces its schedule for the week of April 6. The center i...

OLEAN — One of humankind's most widely held tenets, the Golden Rule, teaching us to “Treat Others as You Want to be Treated,” will be on full display ...

New York Yankees fans — and fans of the writing of New York Post sports columnist Mike Vaccaro, a celebrated St. Bonaventure University graduate — now...

Transition underway to Shop the Southern Tier Gift Cards The Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce is transitioning away from its long-running paper ...

OLEAN — Each March, members of Zonta International worldwide celebrate International Women’s Day alongside Zonta Rose Day, recognizing women whose lea...