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BELMONT — The United Kingdom variant of COVID-19 has been reported in Allegany County, health officials said Friday. The announcement of the single ca...

New York state officials say they are making “great strides” in protecting the state’s bee population, which helps to pollinate $300 million in agricu...

Monarch butterfly, get in line. Federal officials have acknowledged that the once ubiquitous orange-and-black visitor to backyards and gardens is a ca...

While the federal Clean Air Act was enacted to protect humans from air pollution, it also has saved birds. The cleaner air resulting from the pollutio...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials are withdrawing proposed protections for the snow-loving wolverine after determining the rare and elusi...

I climbed up through the overgrown field and managed to find my tree stand in the darkness. I’d taken my time and hadn’t overheated for once, and sett...

The GPS directed me to exit. I glimpsed an opening in the traffic and zoomed off Interstate 95 and the 70-plus mile per hour traffic flow. Going slowe...

OLEAN — Sometime next week, airplanes are expected to start dropping small green bait packs containing rabies vaccine for raccoons over several towns ...

The Department of Environmental Conservation encourages New Yorkers to participate in the state’s annual survey for wild turkeys through August. Since...

Editor’s Note: Local professional photographer and eagle authority Dan Jordan shares his photographs of and experiences with bald eagles in Western Ne...

A virtual public information session about a collaborative pilot study to reduce the impact of harmful algal blooms in Chautauqua Lake is set for 6 p....

WARREN, Pa. — The Allegheny National Forest is treating non-native invasive plants along Longhouse Scenic Drive, or Forest Road 262, to reduce noxious...

I was getting a little bored. Spring gobbler was over, my week vacation in Rhode Island had ended and I’d been fishing and fishing and fishing. Someth...

BELMONT — Allegany County Community Opportunities and Rural Development (ACCORD) will receive nearly $2.6 million for the Head Start and Early Head St...

Editor’s Note: Local professional photographer and American bald eagle enthusiast Dan Jordan shares his photographs of and experiences with eagles in ...

BUFFALO — Canisius College has named the following local residents to the spring 2020 dean’s list and merit list, including:

OLEAN — We’re lucky to live in an area where there are so many people who love animals and treat them kindly. Megan Mahoney goes above and beyond in h...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Local professional photographer Dan Jordan is sharing his photographs of — and experiences with — American bald eagles in Western New Y...