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BRADFORD, Pa. — The Maryland Air National Guard has posted online answers to nearly 500 public comments about its proposed low-flying training zone ov...

OLEAN — The smoky haze that has billowed south from Canadian wildfires for the last three days was even thicker in the Olean area Wednesday, forcing t...

RED HOUSE — This is the weekend of the 65th annual Allegany Nature Pilgrimage by regional Audubon groups in Allegany State Park. Members of the Allega...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators have joined forces with local residents and officials to express concerns to the Maryland Air National Gu...

ALBANY (TNS) — A bill regulating the use of certain pesticides on wheat, soybean or corn crops passed through a key Senate committee Monday and is exp...

For some, global warming alarmism is an excuse to oppose modern civilization. For decades, environmentals have warned that a warming Earth caused by b...

New video and photographs purporting to show ivory-billed woodpeckers flying in a Louisiana forest were published by researchers on Thursday, as gover...

For as long as I can remember (some 80 years now), I’ve listened to reports about bald eagles and California condors dying off. Years ago, we banned t...

SALAMANCA — Allegany-Limestone Central School’s Team 1 took first place in the 2023 Cattaraugus County Envirothon, held Wednesday at Allegany State Pa...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation estimates the proposed Alle-Catt Wind Farm across parts of northern Cattaraugus and Allega...

We all are part of the environment, and we all gradually acclimate to gradual changes that don't usually seem obvious or sweeping in scope. But on Ear...

The two congressmen who represent the Twin Tiers region of Southwestern New York and north central Pennsylvania voted for a Republican bill that would...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Former University of Pittsburgh at Bradford faculty member and renowned Appalachian herpetologist Dr. Thomas Pauley will speak Thursda...

First, a correction. In the last column I wrote about the successful efforts to move the Kirtland’s warbler off of the federal endangered species list...

SENECA FALLS (AP) — A new group of National Women’s Hall of Fame inductees includes social justice pioneers, groundbreaking physicians and women who h...

WELLSVILLE — Earlier this month the village board received notification that it once again, for the 31st time, has been named a Tree City USA by the A...

The Ka-Bar Blades, an Olean based 16U travel hockey team, recently paid tribute to local cancer patient Colt Matz. Ka-Bar, coming off a 2-1 victory at...

OLEAN — Four area school districts and one New Jersey school recently received grants supporting new projects and education opportunities, together to...