awareness

OLEAN — Holocaust Remembrance Day will be observed locally at 2 p.m. Jan. 27 at Jamestown Community College’s Cutco Theatre, 305 N. Barry St., with a ...

My 6-year-old son, Preston, who happens to have Down syndrome, started kindergarten in August. I felt it was the perfect opportunity to share what sch...

The topic of suicide is so painful and personal, that it’s not often we hear it spoken of publicly. But recent events that touched Pastor Dan Todd of ...

OLEAN — When Laurie Donner staged the Eden Heights of Olean Assisted Living and Memory Care facility’s block party Thursday, the carnival-themed event...

ALLEGANY — Though the rain poured down Saturday, that didn’t stop people and riders from “all walks of life” from attending the first Victory for Vete...

May is winding down, and with it National Mental Health Awareness Month. Each May there’s a burst of awareness and action aimed at mental health and t...

OLEAN — The HomeCare & Hospice Foundation will celebrate its 22nd annual Hospice Walk and Run at 10 a.m. at May 19 on the Allegheny River Trail, locat...

While students across the local area are expected to participate in the National School Walkout today in light of last month’s shooting at a Florida h...

Every cause has its advocates, and more than 500 causes have awareness ribbons. They range from pink for breast cancer to black for those lost in the ...

PORTVILLE — About 276 walkers and runners, some from as far away as Boston, came to Portville Oct. 7 for the Angel of Hope 5K Breast Cancer Awareness ...

After Bill Neeley graduated from Olean High School in June 1941, he decided not to wait for America to be drawn into the war against the Nazis in Euro...

ST. BONAVENTURE —Area walkers and runners can help raise awareness for suicide prevention while garnering funds for local services during Saturday’s R...

OLEAN — Public awareness about the risk of suicide was the message delivered Sunday morning by a solemn parade of walkers stretching along a mile of s...

Secret rooms, family heirlooms and stone memorials will be celebrated in September, according to Allegany County History Awareness Week organizers. Th...

Every time Sarah Burger drops her son off at day care, she says a prayer to keep him safe. “He’s not in my own bubble of safety where I know there's n...

BELMONT — How’s your colon doing? Cancer Services Program of Allegany and Cattaraugus Counties officials said it could be time to find out. March was ...

Sunday, Oct. 9, bloomed into a beautiful autumn day. And that was good news for the Autism Speaks Walk held at Monroe Community College. More than 1,5...

Drumming fingers on a table, peeling labels off bottles, tipping back in a chair, twirling hair—people, and especially kids, fidget in all different w...