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OLEAN — Mediterranean fare is back on the menu as Rafi’s Kitchen, which reopened for the season on Wednesday. The restaurant, owned by Amber Rafi Sult...

Tina Abrams, a pioneering Seneca Nation leader, and Heather Perkins, chief operations officer of The Arc Allegany-Steuben and community volunteer, wer...

ALBANY — Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's lead over Republican rival Bruce Blakeman has widened, according to a new poll, although it also show...

RED HOUSE — Hinsdale Central School left Camp Allegany April 29 with its third consecutive Cattaraugus County Envirothon championship. Envirothon is a...

OLEAN — Bids to repair the city pool have topped $1 million, and officials are expecting the cost to increase further before work begins. On Tuesday, ...

HAMBURG — A long-serving member of the Randolph Central School District Board of Education was recently recognized for her decades of leadership and c...

SALAMANCA — For every new employee who begins working in the Salamanca City Central School District, no matter their role, interacting daily with stud...

OLEAN — Could the city pay people to move to Olean? That’s an option proposed by a firm at Tuesday’s Common Council committee meetings. The council’s ...

WEST VALLEY — The Cattaraugus Creek Water Walkerz, a Seneca Nation of Indians grassroots group, marked Earth Day at the West Valley Demonstration Proj...

CATTARAUGUS — Hop on, get rolling and have fun this Saturday as the Revolution Rail Co. - Cattaraugus Run officially launches the new tourist attracti...

State and local law enforcement agencies are in the midst of a weeklong campaign targeting drivers using fraudulent or altered license plates. Operati...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has launched a new Hunter Achievement Awards program to recognize hunters and trappers for...

Legislation proposed by state Sen. George Borrello to repeal an all-electric school bus mandate and replace it with a pilot program was shot down Tues...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Many of Cattaraugus County’s future leaders were recognized Monday night at the 22nd annual Youth Citizenship Awards banquet, presente...

The remains of a U.S. Army Air Corps second lieutenant, who died while being held prisoner by the Japanese after the surrender in the Philippines, hav...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Dr. Matt Kropf, associate professor of engineering technology at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, was honored during the Univ...

ALFRED — Nearly 300 students from eleven local school districts bundled up and dodged occasional rain drops at the annual Special Olympics Track & Fie...

ALFRED — Alfred State’s School of Arts & Sciences hosted an Adjunct Faculty Appreciation event that honored the contributions of five professors, Cher...