Cattaraugus County, News
Jan 26, 2017
SALAMANCA — A costly fire broke out in a storage barn on Mill Street behind the Holiday Inn Express between 10 and 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. According to Sa...
Local News, News
Jan 22, 2017
Serious fires struck rather frequently in the city of Olean’s colorful history, often with prominent structures or businesses either destroyed or heav...
Local News, News, Western New York
Dec 27, 2016
ST. BONAVENTURE — An online petition is calling for St. Bonaventure University to remove Carl Paladino’s name from an on-campus apartment building in ...
Local News, News
Dec 24, 2016
A small piece of local — perhaps forgotten — history is still serving its purpose during the Christmas season. Visitors to the Santa’s Cottage in Linc...
News
Dec 22, 2016
BRADFORD, Pa. — Jennifer Forney always wanted to open a cafe. And she also loves the building that used to house The Aud restaurant and Emery Hardware...
Local News, News
Dec 20, 2016
LITTLE VALLEY — As this year comes to a close, a local preservation group’s efforts to save the nearly 103-year-old Civil War Memorial and Historic Bu...
Local News, News
Dec 18, 2016
In the spirit of the season — and the recent snowy weather — Ruth Stoner Bixby of Eden Heights in Olean, a good friend of State & Union, tells us abou...
Cattaraugus County, News
Dec 18, 2016
WEST VALLEY — The West Valley Demonstration Project marked another milestone last month with the moving of the last of 56 vertical storage casks — eac...
Allegany County News, News, Western New York
Dec 09, 2016
WELLSVILLE — State officials have agreed to fund more than half of the redevelopment of the former Burrous building on North Main Street. State Sen. C...
Allegany County News, New York State, News
Dec 08, 2016
WELLSVILLE — State officials have agreed to fund more than half of the redevelopment of the former Burrous building on North Main Street. State Sen. C...
Local News, News
Dec 07, 2016
OLEAN — The Olean City School District Building and Grounds Committee on Tuesday reviewed several of its completed building improvement projects, as w...
Local News, News
Dec 01, 2016
Mayor Bill Aiello’s office reported just after noon that callers to the city were hearing busy signals, while no calls could be made out from the buil...
News, Western New York
Nov 10, 2016
LACKAWANNA (AP) — More than 100 firefighters struggled to contain a massive blaze at a former Bethlehem Steel site that is believed to have broken out...
Local News, News
Oct 30, 2016
OLEAN — One man was injured in a structure fire Saturday morning on North Union Street. The Olean Fire Department responded to a call at 6:40 a.m. for...
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Oct 28, 2016
I read the article on John Plumb in Friday’s edition of the Olean Times Herald. I’ve read that he is “with Hillary.” Does that mean he’s against agric...
Health
Jul 01, 2016
How much trash did you throw away today? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency calculates that the average American throws away 4.6 pounds of garba...
Local News, News
June 18, 2025
When Emily Speckman graduated from Arizona State University summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in earth and environmental sciences in May, she j...
Local News, News
June 18, 2025
Local Forecast Tonight will be partly cloudy with an overnight low of 68. Thursday will be overcast with occasional rain showers and a high of 72. Thu...
Obituaries
June 18, 2025
William Frank 'Spike' Preston SMETHPORT, Pa. — William Frank “Spike” Preston, 78, of Smethport, peacefully passed away Sunday (June 15, 2025), with hi...
Local News
June 18, 2025
OLEAN — The 39th annual Olean General Hospital Auxiliary Strawberry Festival will be held 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today on the hospital front lawn. In addit...
Cattaraugus County, High School, Local News
June 18, 2025
FRANKLINVILLE — Every year, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliaries across the country host the Young American Creative Patriotic Art contest. Auxiliary ...
Local News, News
June 18, 2025
The official Juneteenth holiday is Thursday, but in Olean Juneteenth will be celebrated with two events — the 6th Annual Juneteenth Jamboree at Franc...
