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ALLEGANY — The Cattaraugus County Department of Public Works will host a free household hazardous waste disposal day Saturday, Oct. 8 at the Allegany ...

On Tuesday the Times Herald reported that Cattaraugus County’s contractor for spraying mosquito larvicide over the area had been delayed because of su...

ALBANY — The Cuomo administration is banning use of chlorpyrifos, a chemical that is widely used in farming. While lawmakers had earlier passed a bill...

SYRACUSE — A contractor from Western New York was sentenced today for defrauding the New York State Department of Transportation on federally funded c...

I was never much of a coffee drinker until my early 20s. Work had something to do with that — when I joined the staff at The Bradford Era I had to tra...

Hydraulic-fracturing — or hydrofracking — wastewater contains hydrocarbons, such as benzene and toluene, in addition to salts, chemicals and radioacti...

ALFRED — A $6.6 million state contribution for the proposed SUNY Alfred Biorefinery Development and Commercialization Center (BDCC), announced by Gov....

OLEAN — For the second time in less than three weeks, authorities discovered potentially hazardous chemicals upon responding to an Olean structure fir...

For many people, the harsh smell of chemicals found in many commercial cleaning products can be off-putting. For Devin Burns, the chemicals from which...

For many people, the harsh smell of chemicals found in many commercial cleaning products can be off-putting. For Devin Burns, the chemicals from which...

An hour or two of cleaning around the house can make your home feel like an oasis — one where everything is neat, tidy and sparkling clean. However, d...

If New York state banned fracking, why are we allowing a 2-foot-wide, high-pressure pipeline of fracked natural gas to cross dozens of our Western New...

It’s so much fun to wear new clothes, making you feel fresh and fashionable. But if you’re sporting new duds without washing them first, you’re also p...