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August 18, 2026
OLEAN — Mayor Amy B. Sherburne advised Tuesday afternoon that East Olean residents boil their water for consumption until further notice after a water...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 11, 2022
If Republicans haven’t noticed it already, their underperformance in the midterms offers yet another opportunity to realize what matters most to Donal...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 11, 2022
The wake of an election in which millions of Americans in diverse districts nationwide made their voices heard is the perfect time to remember: While ...
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Nov 09, 2022
WASHINGTON — For weeks, Republicans predicted a “red wave” would carry them to power in Congress, as voters repudiated majority Democrats for failing ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 08, 2022
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — I’m a 64-year-old man — a longtime adult, a father of three grown children, comfortable in most settings. Yet when I talk to my do...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 08, 2022
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul delivered one of the most memorable lines of the midterm debates when she said she didn’t know why her Republican opponent,...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 08, 2022
BOSTON (TNS) — The Democrats’ relentlessly negative campaign strategy for winning the midterms may come with a cost in 2024, damaging their prospects ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 07, 2022
Harlan Krumholz, a cardiologist at the Yale School of Medicine, says he worries about two kinds of long COVID. There’s the obvious version where peopl...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 07, 2022
Don’t expect to learn the results of this year’s midterm contests on election night. Just as in 2020, we’re in for a drawn-out election week, followed...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 06, 2022
FORT WORTH, Texas — In late September, Judge James Ho of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, fired an unexpected (and arguably overdue) shot at c...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 06, 2022
The election is only days away, the country is in a funk, talk about the decline of democracy is in the air. If nothing else, the toxic mixture of thi...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 06, 2022
We're less than a week away from the midterm elections, the first opportunity since the more-or-less end of the pandemic for voters to pass judgment o...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 06, 2022
President Joe Biden is considering a windfall tax on oil and gas profits, presumably to fight inflation. It’s like pouring gasoline on a fire to extin...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Nov 04, 2022
NEW YORK (TNS) — I like to think I’m somewhat of a nice guy. I hold the door open for people. I let drivers in oncoming traffic make left turns in fro...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 04, 2022
Florida is about to become the center of the Republican political universe, and not because of Mar-a-Lago. Ron DeSantis is cruising to a potentially c...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 04, 2022
They say history doesn’t repeat itself, but the Biden administration is eager to prove otherwise as it pushes the United States back in time to the Ji...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 03, 2022
Fighting for the high ground on contentious political issues inspires a partisan twisting of the English language. Take this Oct. 19 news from Immigra...
Letters To Editor, Opinion
Nov 03, 2022
When “journalist” Gene Lyons writes that the midterms are “Much ado about nothing” I wonder: On which planet does he live? Does he have any idea about...
Letters To Editor
Nov 03, 2022
Voters of the 23rd Congressional District, think about the following before you color in those circles on your ballot: The Inflation Reduction Act rec...
Local News, News
August 26, 2026
On Aug. 8, when awakened by her daughter, Ila Webster said, "I made it; I'm 100 years old." While certainly aware that it was her birthday, Ila did no...
Football, Local Sports, Sports
August 26, 2026
Olean and Portville football programs prepare for historic Sept. 18 matchup as booster clubs, coaches and mayors join in the fun OLEAN — They are neig...
Cattaraugus County News, Local News, News, ...
August 26, 2026
SALAMANCA — Before their classroom education continues next week, a select group of Salamanca students spent part of their summer gaining a different ...
Cattaraugus County News, Crime News, Local News, ...
August 26, 2026
LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County Sheriff Eric Butler is among more than a dozen county sheriffs challenging New York state in court over the “Local ...
Buffalo Bills, Football, Local Sports, ...
August 26, 2026
ORCHARD PARK — Dee Alford was surprised when the Buffalo Bills asked him to field punts in practice. It’s been three years since Alford returned an NF...
Local News, News
August 26, 2026
OLEAN — A push to ban public camping targeting homeless individuals came with requests for action to target the causes of homelessness. The Common Cou...
