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(TNS) For an hour and a half Monday night, Donald Trump sniffled and bickered his way through a highly contentious debate. With all the talk of health...

Some may see tomorrow night as marking the beginning of the end. Yes, each election cycle sends media types spiraling out of control — Democrat, Repub...

(TNS) We’re believers in free enterprise and the right to start a business, make a product and generate a profit by selling it for more than it costs ...

(TNS) We, the citizenry of an open democracy, try to treat presidential debates as moments of civic virtue, political education and rare, unfiltered o...

POUGHKEEPSIE (AP) — As families with school-age children find themselves back in a familiar routine, New York is still struggling mightily to reconcil...

Martin Luther King Jr. accomplished much when he and his followers staged sit-ins at restaurants and boycotted city bus service in the South over disc...

About 15 to 20 years ago the U.S. Postal Service wanted to build a new facility in Olean, handicapped-accessible and with room for a garage, on Wayne ...

(TNS) Iowa Congressman Steve King is developing a nasty habit of linking accomplished biracial American men to Islamic terrorism. For no reason, other...

(TNS) Cases like Edward Snowden’s are precisely the reason the president’s constitutional pardon power exists. Historically, outgoing presidents have ...

A committee of parents, teachers and administrators at Hinsdale Central School will look at the school’s dress code after a parent’s reaction to her d...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proclaimed Sept. 18-24 Sheriff’s Week in New York state. This celebration is in honor of the significant traditional and contemp...

(TNS) Here’s an anecdote from last week that indicates that Donald Trump has a credible chance to become the next president of the United States: I at...

I like to say wisdom is a combination of intelligence and experience. Some things you learn quickly, similar to touching a hot stove, when you become ...

On Sept. 9, at a fundraiser with wealthy donors, Hillary Clinton served notice that if elected president she will represent only some people. With her...

On Sunday a motorcycle poker run was held, launching and ending at Good Times of Olean and making stops in Eldred, Coudersport and Galeton in Pennsylv...

By prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21, the Cattaraugus County Legislature has acted to save lives and improve the ...

The article in Monday’s edition of the Olean Times Herald regarding property inspections “in some form before permitting new occupancies” raises a com...

I’ve been sensing a trend. People tend to be taking backwards looks, reflecting on their lives and trying to figure out what they did right, acknowled...