Local Columnists

In regard to the Readers’ Turn to Write by Kent Smith in the April 12 edition of the Times Herald (“Waddy is Right About Dems’ Lawbreaking”), I begin ...

LOUDONVILLE — Doctors over-prescribing opioids is cited most often as the single most responsible contributor to the current level of opioid abuse, ac...

(TNS) Good news for anyone who just finished filing their taxes for 2017: Next year, when we file our taxes for 2018, we’ll send less money to Washing...

LOUDONVILLE — Nearly a quarter of New Yorkers personally know of someone — a family member, friend or acquaintance — who has died from an opioid overd...

HOUSTON (AP) — Barbara Bush didn't hesitate to tell people that her trademark pearl necklaces were fake. Americans liked that everything else about th...

In the news the other day was a study that I simply could not believe. Two-thirds of young people surveyed did not know what Auschwitz was; 41 percent...

The Olean Times Herald ran a cute cartoon on its Commentary page the other day that kind of put things in perspective for me. It depicted a woman list...

LOUDONVILLE — Nearly a quarter of New Yorkers personally know of someone — a family member, friend or acquaintance — who has died from an opioid overd...

(TNS) The video of the aftermath of Bashar Assad’s recent chemical attack on his own people displayed gruesome images that would challenge even the mo...

Belatedly, I want to join the fray created by a brilliantly conceived and written column that appeared in the Olean Times Herald in February, entitled...

State Sen. Catharine Young says the Coudersport (Pa.) Area Municipal Authority made the right decision to walk away from a plan for a hydraulic-fractu...

(TNS) The scenes have become strangely familiar by now. The latest videos and pictures, streaming since Saturday from war-torn Syria, show the dead bo...

(TNS) It’s not surprising that at a time when it’s hard to trust Facebook, the president and Congress that truths we once found self-evident have give...

Editor’s Note: Frances Corrigan, a 2002 graduate of Olean High School, served in the Army Nurse Corps from 2007-11, with one deployment to Iraq in 200...

(TNS) Last Tuesday, H.R. McMaster — the still-uniformed Army lieutenant general who won medals for valor in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf — p...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican majority in Congress was on a glide path to the midterms, having passed tax cuts into law and backed off budget battl...

It’s funny how a few bars of a familiar song can put you in a mood. I think this can go both ways. Sometimes hearing a familiar tune from the past can...

Dear Mr. President, Let me first congratulate you on a long list of achievements in your first 15 months in office. I will not be exaggerating when I ...