Breaking News
August 28, 2025
LITTLE VALLEY — Brenda Hanson, a teacher from Delevan, has been appointed to the Cattaraugus County Legislature to represent District 2, filling the v...
Local Columnists, Opinion
Sep 03, 2021
An old Oak Ridge Boys song shares who they considered heroes as kids—Superman, Johnny Bench, George Jones. A superhero, an athlete before scandal tain...
Local Columnists
Feb 06, 2021
It’s almost time to put another meal on the table. What do you do on yet another winter day when you’ve been pretty much hibernating — or in terms rel...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Oct 02, 2020
In a good fall, the color explosions nurture something in our souls in these Enchanted Mountains, as Chamber and tourism promoters dubbed our area bac...
Commentary, Lifestyle, Local Columnists
Jul 25, 2020
My sister and niece have two little dogs at their house. Pixie and Pebbles are easily excitable, and I have often thought of them as “yappers.” They b...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Apr 10, 2020
This week I did something I have heard a lot of homebound folks are doing — cooking or baking. For some time, I’ve been thinking about my mom’s Tomato...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Jun 02, 2019
Some people are cat people. Others are dog people. A few are mixed saying they keep both around the house or farm. I am very squarely in the cat lover...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Feb 11, 2019
Our family has been amazed in recent weeks with an outpouring of caring and love as we journey through a season of bereavement after several losses. F...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Dec 04, 2018
I’d been invited to my sister’s house in Ischua for Thanksgiving. Since I’ve been home, my presence on this day has been dependent on weather and road...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Mar 26, 2018
My sister has been without service for TV programs for about a month now. So far, she’s had unsuccessful interactions with a satellite provider regard...
Commentary, Local Columnists
May 10, 2017
Every family has its stories. Shared experiences are the stuff they’re made of — hard times, sad times and funny incidents encountered along life’s ro...
Crime, Local News, News
September 2, 2025
INDEPENDENCE — One person was killed and four injured in an accident on Labor Day in the town of Independence, the New York State Police reported Tues...
Football, Local Sports, Sports
September 2, 2025
SALAMANCA — Few coaching staffs, if any, have presided over a greater football revival in the Big 30 area than the staff at Salamanca High School. Coa...
Local News, News
September 2, 2025
From a child telegraph operator and prepping for coal shortages to a new title for St. Bonaventure, from walking away from a plane crash to a UFO cras...
Local News, News
September 1, 2025
OLEAN — Breaking out in periodic chants and holding up signs with statements like “People Over Profits” and “Workers Rights Over Billionaires,” more t...
