Allegany County News, Local News
Nov 22, 2024
FILLMORE — Students from Fillmore’s Reality Check program marked 2024’s Great American Smokeout (GASO) by painting windows of the local Shop and Save ...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, ...
Oct 30, 2024
OLEAN — Berry Fusion, Maui Pineapple and Cherry Dynamite. These are the candy flavors many young ghouls and ghosts will get while trick-or-treating fo...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, ...
May 28, 2024
Five area students joined more than 50 youth and advocates earlier this month to demonstrate against “Big Tobacco” at Altria Group, Inc.’s 2024 shareh...
News
Nov 28, 2022
OLEAN — The Great American Smokeout, honored on Nov. 17, is a day for smokers to quit for the day and get smoke out of their lives. Reality Check stud...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Sep 13, 2022
A multi-state settlement with electronic cigarette maker Juul might not contain an outright admission by the company that it deliberately targeted kid...
Health
Aug 19, 2021
Rather than relying on a cigarette when you feel anxious or overburdened, try utilizing alternative techniques to reduce feelings of stress. People sm...
Cattaraugus County, Local News
Feb 23, 2020
OLEAN — The Oscars hit the screen earlier this month, but students from Olean High School did their part last week to push for smoking to be removed f...
Local News
Oct 26, 2019
ALBANY — A pair of state lawmakers all too familiar with the devastating effects of smoking are looking to stub out menthol cigarettes for good. Sen. ...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
Mar 24, 2019
The annual Robert Wood Johnson and University of Wisconsin County Health Rankings are out and it’s not good news — again — for Cattaraugus County. For...
News, Western New York
Dec 07, 2018
BUFFALO (AP) — County legislators in Buffalo have banned smoking tobacco products in a car with anyone 17 or younger present in the vehicle. The new E...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Oct 17, 2018
OLEAN — The hundreds of cigarette butts, wrappers and e-cigarette waste in city parks would be a thing of the past if a school group had its way. The ...
News, Western New York
Oct 24, 2017
ALBANY (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation that bans electronic cigarettes from places in New York state where smoking tobacco is already ...
Health
Sep 20, 2017
Quitting tobacco and overcoming nicotine addiction can be excruciatingly difficult. Beyond the physical and mental aspect of kicking the habit, there’...
Health
Jul 20, 2017
For years, one of Tatia Wesley’s favorite activities was sitting on her front porch, drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes. “It was my thing,” Wesley...
Health
Apr 10, 2017
Amanda Dillon, manager of Goodwill's Cicero location, turned a devastating personal event into motivation for kicking a deadly habit. Dillon had been ...
Cattaraugus County, News, Western New York
Mar 26, 2017
NEW YORK — A federal judge ruled Friday that UPS ignored “red flags” that its brown trucks were being used to transport untaxed cigarettes from Indian...
Health
Mar 20, 2017
After 30 years and approximately 220,000 cigarettes smoked, Desarae Wright finally kicked the habit. In April, she will have been smoke-free for about...
Western New York
Dec 21, 2016
ALBANY (AP) — Efforts to crack down on smuggled, untaxed tobacco in New York state resulted in the seizure of more than 53,000 cartons of contraband c...
Local News, News
June 14, 2025
OLEAN — The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War. In 2025 his caus...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
