Commentary, Leters to the Editor, Local Columnists
Feb 19, 2025
I am writing this to make our community aware that St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Olean remains a parish and is not currently design...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Feb 19, 2025
February is Rare Disease Awareness month. The upcoming week has been declared Rare Disease Awareness week, with Rare Disease Day being Feb. 28. My hus...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Feb 17, 2025
An authoritarian coup is happening in the United States. And “we the people” are the only ones who can stop it. We must preserve and restore our democ...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Feb 14, 2025
My military service saw my allegiance to six different presidents over almost 40 years in uniform. I didn’t always agree with them or align with any p...
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
Feb 13, 2025
A newly proposed state mandate causes yet more consternation out of Albany under which the state Fire Prevention and Building Code Council would requi...
Commentary, Leters to the Editor, Local Columnists
Feb 10, 2025
I am a Farmersville resident and a non-participating landowner in the Alle-Catt Wind Project. On Dec. 30, the Cattaraugus County Industrial Developmen...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
Feb 07, 2025
President Donald Trump, his unelected co-president Elon Musk and the Project 2025 proponents never had a goal of making America great; their real goal...
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
Feb 06, 2025
When I became New York’s first-ever mom governor, I vowed to fight for our state’s children as if they were my own. I’m taking those efforts to our sc...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Feb 05, 2025
President Trump's shock and awe tactics against Democrats and the Deep State appear to be bearing fruit, but equally impressive has been his strong, u...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
Jan 31, 2025
In Thursday's Olean Times Herald there are two articles: one includes information about President Donald Trump’s memo freezing federal money, and the ...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Jan 27, 2025
The Alle-Catt Wind Project has stalled due to Alle-Catt’s failure to fulfill two certificate conditions: noise compliance and an accepted decommission...
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
Jan 27, 2025
We support Gov. Kathy Hochul’s legislation to ban students from using smartphones and other internet-connected devices during the school day and urge ...
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
Jan 27, 2025
Budget adoption season is underway at the State Capitol, which means, first, that joint Senate-Assembly public hearings on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2025-26...
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
Jan 24, 2025
The New York State Legislature absolutely should get on board with Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposal to impose a statewide ban on K-12 students' use of sma...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Jan 22, 2025
It always comes before me at the start of a new year. I don’t know if it’s like this on network channels, but I watch a news channel that seems to der...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Jan 19, 2025
Starstruck adulation is the last response you would expect rational, compassionate people to give to the acts of a cold-blooded killer. But such is th...
Football, Local Sports, Sports
July 19, 2025
The Buffalo Bills announced on Friday that the team and second-round draft pick T.J. Sanders agreed on a contract just four days before the start of t...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
July 19, 2025
STEAMBURG — Pastor Michael Brooks is a “saving grace” for a little rural church to overcome a challenging time. Of huge faith, he is on a mission to r...
Outdoors
July 19, 2025
Life, if we are wise and have a little luck, can be such a magical experience. True, there are many challenges, but if looked at closely, all challeng...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News, ...
July 19, 2025
OLEAN — Now in its sixth year of good music, good food and good company, the Southern Tier Wounded Warrior Benefit Concert will raise funds in support...
Local Sports, Sports
July 19, 2025
Jon Beardsley described it as having “a really good mindset for improvement.” In just its third game of the season, his Fillmore softball team held a ...
Local Sports, Sports
July 19, 2025
Their high school softball careers are over, but the sport isn’t done with them yet. Before Makenna Dunbar and Emma Edwards go on to play collegiate s...
