Breaking News
November 4, 2025
OLEAN — The 28th mayor of the city has been selected. Surrounded by officials from both the Republican and Democratic parties, first-time candidate Am...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Oct 14, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — In truth, there is no easy way for Kathy Hochul to answer questions about Digital Gadgets, the company that received $637 million from ...
Letters To Editor, New York, Opinion
Oct 12, 2022
Thank you to the federal court for striking down New York state’s unconstitutional restrictions on possession of firearms by law-abiding citizens. I f...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Oct 05, 2022
In New York state, 83% of individuals who are recommended to have a mammogram are following the state’s screening guidelines, a percentage that’s been...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Oct 05, 2022
Tell your children, and bold it in the record books: Yankee Aaron Judge is baseball’s home-run king, having bested Yankee Roger Maris, who in 1961 bes...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Oct 04, 2022
There’s a lot of hyperbole in the opposition to gun control, where seemingly every regulation is a “gun grab” and every lawmaker who proposes one is “...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Sep 28, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — Walk into any supermarket and you’ll find a variety of breakfast cereals to match nearly any taste. Shop online and you can select, say...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Sep 22, 2022
The Court of Appeals’ refusal to reveal the vote for an acting chief judge is unbefitting an open justice system. Imagine if an election was held and ...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Sep 20, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — Is Kathy Hochul’s administration just inept? Or do we have a real and serious scandal on our hands? Those questions, among others, come...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Sep 18, 2022
As New York state moves closer to changing the pay scale for farmworkers, great care must be taken to ensure the effort doesn’t completely backfire. T...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Sep 16, 2022
This month the Northeast Problem Gambling Resource Center (NE PGRC) is celebrating Recovery Month. We believe that recovery is for everyone because it...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Aug 31, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — Two years ago, I wrote a column proclaiming the evils of the college-loan racket. The federal government should cancel student debt, I ...
New York, Opinion
Aug 27, 2022
Midterm primary turnout is never very good, but two infuriatingly bifurcated voting dates in New York this year drove participation lower still, with ...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Aug 24, 2022
Bui Van Phu was arrested, charged with misdemeanor assault by the Bronx DA and then released by a judge — before the blowback triggered Gov. Hochul to...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Aug 16, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — Did you remember to celebrate the anniversary of Andrew Cuomo’s resignation? There was no need for a big bash. Something small would ha...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Aug 13, 2022
NEW SCOTLAND (TNS) — Providing farmworkers with the overtime benefits that most everyone else receives is one of those ideas that seems to make intuit...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Aug 11, 2022
After he allowed Assembly primaries to go ahead in June using maps that were drawn by the Legislature in violation of the state Constitution, the issu...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Aug 04, 2022
DALLAS (TNS) — Nineteen months ago, Donald Trump’s fixation on unproven allegations of election fraud played a major role in the Republicans’ loss of ...
Nation World, New York, Opinion
Aug 03, 2022
We have waited 7,629 days since 9/11, almost 21 years, to announce the death of Ayman al-Zawahri, an eye surgeon who was the No. 2 man and power behin...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
November 4, 2025
Mobilizations to collect food items — as well as cash donations — for food pantries to benefit households cut off from federal nutrition benefits cont...
Local Sports, Sports, Volleyball
November 4, 2025
OLEAN — Wednesday and Thursday are packed with local high schools competing in sectional finals, demonstrating a very successful season for teams in t...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
November 4, 2025
ALLEGANY — Finding others who understand your grief can make all the difference. HomeCare & Hospice invites community members to take part in its free...
Football, Local Sports, Sports
November 4, 2025
ORCHARD PARK — There was a flip to Keon Coleman for a first down. Jackson Hawes caught one for 18 yards later in the game. On a day he went 23 of 26 a...
Local News, News
November 4, 2025
OLEAN — Christina Torrey, a Bolivar mother of three, received life-changing news last July: she was diagnosed with breast cancer. “I kind of told a co...
Local News, News
November 4, 2025
Olean Police Monday, 10:30 a.m. , no injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident on North Union Street near Laurens Street. A vehicle oper...
