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Before turning in after Halloween festivities today, remember to set your clocks back one hour. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, when clock...

Editor's note: This is another in a series highlighting the cohort members of the 2026 Laine Business Accelerator. Adeline Renee Wiles knows a thing o...

Hammond’s Furniture Store on West State Street earned top honors in the Olean Times Herald’s Halloween decorating contest with a storefront display fi...

ALLEGANY -- Town property owners who were disabled in the service of the nation will no longer have to pay town property taxes on their homes. The tow...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Plans are underway for the 21st anniversary edition of
Bob McCarthy’s Irish Christmas, set for Friday, Dec. 4 in the Brew Hall at Elli...

OLEAN — The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate met with area health officials about reversing cuts to Medicaid ahead of midterm elections. Senate Minorit...

OLEAN — Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski faces no opponent in his bid for a second term, but the Canisteo Republican is urging voters to turn out for other...

DUKE CENTER, Pa. — When Sarah Beaver learned Otto-Eldred was starting an agricultural education program and FFA chapter, she was excited about joining...

CUBA — With the help of the Cuba Chamber of Commerce, the Cuba Council of Churches will again offer their Holiday Assistance program to families in th...

Calling all ghosts, goblins and candy collectors: Olean’s official Halloween candy hunt has a two-hour window. Mayor Amy Sherburne and the city of Ole...

Western New York voters will choose among seven candidates for four state Supreme Court seats in the Nov. 3 election, with a field that includes sitti...

LITTLE VALLEY — An Olean man was convicted of second-degree unlawful surveillance, a class E felony, in Cattaraugus County Court earlier this month, D...

FARMERSVILLE — Volunteers with the Farmersville Route 98 Litter Collectors collected six bags of trash and an upright freezer door during an Oct. 24 c...

ELLICOTTVILLE — A public hearing on the 2027 preliminary budget for the town of Ellicottville is set for 4 p.m. Wenesday at 1 W. Washington St. The to...

Open enrollment for 2027 health insurance through New York’s state marketplace begins Nov. 1 and runs through Jan. 31, the state Department of Health ...

A campaign to send 300 Christmas care packages to the crew of the USS Jason Dunham has raised more than $17,000, with volunteers scheduled to pack the...

ALBANY (TNS) — State regulators are developing AI data center regulations too quickly and without sufficient regard for environmental impacts the faci...