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OLEAN — With a community and a loving family behind him, Kevin Dougherty ushers in a new era with the reopening of A-1 Rent-All & Sales at 316 W. Stat...

OLEAN — Olean General Hospital, a Kaleida Health facility, has received four American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines achievement awards for...

OLEAN -- St John Paul II Council 338, Knights of Columbus, covering Olean, Allegany, and Salamanca, was awarded the distinction of Star Council for fr...

The Olean Rotary Club's annual chrysanthemum sale is now underway, with pre-orders being accepted through Sept. 1. Delivery is scheduled during the we...

WEST VALLEY — The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) has brought down a building housing a ventilation system that on...

OLEAN — Nearly 200 students from pre-kindergarten through grade 7 have spent the past four weeks bringing the imaginative worlds of author Dr. Seuss t...

OLEAN — An menacing incident toward a city employee led to increased police patrols this week in public spaces. Olean Police Chief Robert Blovsky anno...

OLEAN — A public hearing for the Olean City School District’s safety plan for the 2026-27 school year will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, in the ...

SALAMANCA — Chairwoman Kylee Johnson has announced the cancellation of the regular Salamanca Fire Commission meeting for August. A special meeting wil...

Shirley Whipple Struchen didn’t even attend St. Bonaventure, but the impact one man made on her life more than 60 years ago compelled her to establish...

LITTLE VALLEY — Opening day of the 183rd annual Cattaraugus County Fair is less than 48 hours away. The fair is scheduled to run this Saturday, Aug. 1...

Salamanca Police Friday, 10:36 a.m. , Joelle Cooper, 39, of Salamanca, was arrested on a bench warrant issued out of Salamanca City Court. Cooper was ...

Hadi Matar was convicted Wednesday of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death t...

St. BONAVENTURE — College-bound students and some of their top benefactors were honored for their efforts on Wednesday by the Cattaraugus Region Commu...

SALAMANCA — Shoppers looking for the finest in authentic Native American art and designs or high-quality quilting supplies can now find them at Longha...

ALLEGANY — Fourteen teams teed off at Birch Run Golf Club for the 3rd annual Hospitality Scholarship Golf Tournament, helping raise funds for the Grea...

OLEAN -- A new Common Council president was named Tuesday, as well as a new city police chief. The Common Council voted 5-0 to name JR Bennion, R-Ward...