Leters to the Editor

Olean and the surrounding area is so lucky to have our Olean Public Library. It truly is an amazing place, for all ages. Yes, there are books and maga...

The American Healthcare Act will result in one million New York state residents losing insurance coverage. Among these will be our friends and neighbo...

If New York state banned fracking, why are we allowing a 2-foot-wide, high-pressure pipeline of fracked natural gas to cross dozens of our Western New...

Thanks to all the prayers by Americans, Hillary Clinton, the pro-abortion candidate for president, was defeated. But we must continue to pray for Pres...

I am writing about the Bradford, Pa., animal cruelty case I read about in the news, in which a man allegedly smashed a kitten against a wall several t...

We read that the local “progressives,” which we define as including all Democrats, are disappointed that their anti-President Trump events have accomp...

The new presidential administration is so reminiscent of old tales of the Wild West, in which a gang of outlaws rides into town and runs roughshod ove...

I work for Allegany Arc and am writing as a supporter of the #bFair2DirectCare Coalition’s 300 Days to Better Pay campaign. I am so grateful to work f...

In in the Jan. 27 edition of the Times Herald it was reported that Olean’s Urban Renewal Agency was being forced to have a new roof put on the former ...

In response to a query this past week in the State & Union column about how to deter deer from nibbling plants and shrubs, as a West Olean resident, I...

In these uncertain times, working families value the safety and security of health coverage more than ever. Some members of Congress — including Rep. ...

Though Cattaraugus County voted heavily for Donald Trump, there are many people in our local community who are concerned about the potentially harmful...

I am appalled at the cruel, discriminatory, sudden ban on legal immigrants from seven countries, possibly to be followed by more. Many are already res...

For Heaven’s sake, enough already! Abraham Lincoln said it best, “United we stand; divided we fall.” It’s time to stand together. There are too many p...

Two people who lost their tempers and made some angry remarks about President Obama are now being attacked by critics. These two men, Rob Carney of Cu...

After the racist graffiti incident in Wellsville, I implored our representatives — Tom Reed, Catharine Young and Joseph Giglio — to denounce it loudly...

We had debated a long time before writing this and, if nothing else, we wanted to get this frustration off our chests. This is an open letter to all U...

I was in despair over the article in the Jan. 7 edition of the Olean Times Herald about proposed free tuition for New York state college students from...