Letters To Editor
Oct 23, 2021
With the threat of another government shutdown averted by the raise of the debt ceiling level, all is well — or is it? This was the 79th time since 19...
Cattaraugus County, News
Oct 13, 2021
The Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau is pleased to announce this week’s featured Youth Citizenship Award recipient is Sydney Smith. Sydney is the daugh...
Local Columnists, Opinion
Sep 24, 2021
Americans on the home front are exhausted from a marathon of foreign fallout. As the Taliban cancels this semester’s gender studies curriculum at the ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Aug 23, 2021
By acting nobly on slavery, Abraham Lincoln once said, America could be “the last best hope of Earth.” But right now we look more like the United Stat...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Aug 21, 2021
America may be one election away from losing its democracy. Democracy’s fate seems to hinge on a little known act, the Electoral Count Act of 1887. No...
News
Aug 20, 2021
In March 1975, an American president was fighting to save an American ally from being overrun by an implacable enemy. The North Vietnamese Army, mount...
Aug 19, 2021
The Taliban victory is déjà vu. I thought Vietnam taught America about supporting corrupt states in unwinnable wars. The only lesson learned was to se...
Jul 26, 2021
As the United States military completes a rather surprisingly double-time withdrawal fromAfghanistan— there are very few troops left, with a lot of we...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jul 26, 2021
As the United States military completes a rather surprisingly double-time withdrawal from Afghanistan — there are very few troops left, with a lot of ...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jun 17, 2021
This weekend, Americans will celebrate an unofficial holiday that many people had not heard of a year ago. In this era of purposeful racial awareness,...
Local Columnists, Nation World
May 29, 2021
The more we make Memorial Day about remembering our fallen warriors, the better off we are as Americans. And the day after Memorial Day, there are man...
Local Columnists, Nation World
May 28, 2021
NEW YORK (TNS) — It looks like Dr. Anthony Fauci has some serious explaining to do about COVID-19 after all. Fauci on Tuesday said that, yes, the Nati...
Local Columnists, Nation World
May 06, 2021
Does President Joe Biden have a mandate to rebuild the United States? To remake American capitalism? To reshape the role of government? The president’...
Local Columnists, Nation World
May 01, 2021
President Joe Biden’s address to Congress focused rather heavily on domestic matters, particularly his $2.3 trillion “infrastructure” package. We didn...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Apr 28, 2021
There’s believing your own press releases. And then, there’s believing your own delusions of grandeur. Joe Biden should look at the mirror every day a...
Local Columnists, Nation World, New York
Apr 23, 2021
NEW YORK — The Derek Chauvin jury voted with their eyes. The infamous video of Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer, kneeling on the neck of...
Local Columnists, Nation World, New York
Apr 23, 2021
America’s deeply flawed health-care delivery system ranks near or at the bottom when objectively compared to peers inBritain,France,CanadaandAustralia...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Apr 22, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS — Relief, even if fleeting and momentary, is a feeling that Black Americans have rarely known in America: From slavery to Jim Crow segrega...
Local Sports, Sports
June 16, 2025
Randy's Up The River, Bamboo Strategy and Smethport VFW all pick up convincing wins in Monday's action of the Olean Women's Softball League. Randy's U...
Crime, News
June 16, 2025
OLEAN — A West Valley woman faces felony welfare fraud charges following an investigation, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office reported. Nicole L....
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
More rain is on the way for the Olean area in the coming week, though the National Weather Service predicts a lower chance for severe weather than the...
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
OLEAN — The regular monthly meeting of the Olean Public Library Board of Trustees will be held Wednesday, June 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the library's Conf...
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
BRADFORD, Pa. — To understand the engineering challenges they had set before them, members of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford’s Baja Racing C...
