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With gasoline prices increasing again this week — by about 4 cents a gallon in Olean but closer to 14 cents per gallon across the state line in Pennsy...

OLEAN — Work to clean up the former AVX facility on Seneca Avenue is being planned by federal regulators, and the public is encouraged to review and m...

OLEAN — The Olean Police Department reported it has made two separate drug-related arrests of Buffalo residents over the past couple days. In the firs...

SALAMANCA — There are likely no area residents left who remember the fire that ravaged the Salamanca business district on the south end of Main Street...

The area’s state senator has backed a plan to make the public use of cannabis a crime after complaints from constituents. State Sen. George Borrello, ...

During Congress’ most recent District Work Period, I had the privilege of hosting roundtable discussions in four communities across our district — Elm...

OLEAN — Despite recent heavy rains, there hasn’t been enough moisture this spring and summer to fill mosquito breeding areas. Without those natural br...

NEW YORK (TNS) — There were good reasons to avoid products with the artificial sweetener Aspartame even before the World Health Organization classifie...

The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, draws many tourists to far-northern locations, such as in Alaska and Canada. But an opportunit...

AMSTERDAM (TNS) — A wastewater treatment worker who was fired by the city of Amsterdam three years ago after testing positive for marijuana was awarde...

OLEAN — Rep. Nick Langworthy met Wednesday with law enforcement and addiction treatment officials in the Southern Tier to hear about the local impact ...

OLEAN — The Tri-County Arts Council is taking signups for art classes scheduled for July. On July 8, create abstract art as instructor Amanda Hulbert ...

While air quality in the Southern Tier was somewhat improved Thursday, New York state environmental and health officials extended an air quality healt...

Residents of the Twin Tiers of New York and Pennsylvania again found themselves wreathed in smoke from Canada as air-quality levels approached the “ve...

NEW YORK — Fed up with hundreds of bootleg pot shops, New York launched new inspections this month aimed at getting rid of the unlicensed stores that ...

State officials warned that smoke from out-of-control wildfires in Canada is again drifting to Western and other parts of New York. The state health a...

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced this week that the state Office of Cannabis Management and Department of Taxation and Finance had leaned on new laws to se...

ELLICOTTVILLE — A startup company of former Dresser-Rand chief Vincent Volpe will use the former Siemens Energy test facility in North Olean to test n...