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OLEAN — Do you think your team has what it takes to pull a fire truck? The United Way of Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties is inviting community membe...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Cattaraugus County and New York Forest Owners Association (NYFOA) will be hosting “Protecting Y...

The Alzheimer’s Association invites Cattaraugus and Allegany County residents to join the fight to end Alzheimer’s by participating in the Walk to End...

What does an artist’s studio really look like? Where does a lump of clay become a bowl, a sheet of handmade paper take shape, or a piece of metal beco...

CUBA — Due to the federal holiday, the Cuba Circulating Library Board of Trustees has moved its meeting to Monday, Oct. 19, at 5 p.m. The meeting will...

WELLSVILLE — The Allegany County Ancient Order of Hibernians announced the trophy winners for the September 2026 Annual Car Show, with Joseph Pierson ...

ANDOVER — Joseph Capute has served his community for 30 years on the Andover Volunteer Fire Department — filling roles from firefighter to captain to ...

WELLSVILLE — The high school stage will come alive with Girl Scouts this Friday and Saturday when students stage the comedy “Empowered: How One Girl S...

The coming week should be pleasantly autumnal, with dry weather and plenty of sunshine to highlight the rapidly changing leaf colors, according to the...

OLEAN — The Olean City School District announces changes to the upcoming Board of Education meeting locations for October and November. The Oct. 13 bo...

CUBA — Cuba-Rushford Central School District teacher Scott Jordan is among 10 new members of the National Environmental Education Advisory Council (NE...

OLEAN — Enrollment is up at most local colleges and universities this fall. Jamestown Community College Cattaraugus County Campus saw overall enrollme...

From hitting the rails and fighting typhoid to “dangerous” honeybees, from swine flu shots to a boom in Flutie Flakes, here’s a look back on the week ...

The Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau announces the first featured Youth of the Week for the 2026-27 school year is Jazmyne Brantley. She is the great-g...

OLEAN — Paula Fox Derwick likes to consider her work story one of good nepotism. “In order to get out of cleaning my house and doing chores at home, I...

Jefferson and Sycamore parks were brimming with activity last weekend during the annual Salamanca Seneca Falling Leaves Festival that kicked off Oct. ...

The two candidates in the 23rd Congressional District election will debate Tuesday evening on live television in the wake of recent polling — with one...