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(TNS) We could have a better country. We could settle old differences, those that make us hopelessly pessimistic that anything can ever change. We fou...

My childhood was idyllic in many ways, from my regular weekly family dinners to my summers spent living with my grandparents at Christian youth camp, ...

(TNS) Three divisive words intertwined to stitch together the deadliest mass shooting in United States history: Guns, gays and terrorism. A perfect st...

Starting in the late 1800s state and federal legislatures began delegating their sovereign, eminent-domain, police powers to oil and gas pipeline comp...

(TNS) Donald Trump will win the 2016 presidential election. Not “might” win. Not “could win under the following circumstances.” He’s going to win as s...

(TNS) Baylor University brought Art Briles, Kenneth Starr and Sam Ukwuachu to campus for the same purpose: To help raise the national profile of the r...

How would you feel if somebody moved into your house, sectioned-off half of your rooms and refused to pay rent? Then he welcomed his friends, took ove...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie received 26 recommendations Friday from the Business Regulat...

I am a retired radiologist and was mostly hospital-based in my 30 years of active practice. Radiologists are closely involved in most hospital patient...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved synthetically modified organism (SMO) salmon for human consumption last November. This is the first tim...

(TNS) Gary Johnson and Bill Weld may be the Ralph Naders of 2016, though it’s not clear whether the casualty would be Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton....

(TNS) I have followed news of Prince's death this spring with a mix of anger and insight. While the cause is still under investigation, officials susp...

The recent announcement that Upper Allegheny Health System will become part of the Kaleida network represents a win for healthcare in Olean and Bradfo...

“The best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.” — Andy Rooney June is Elder Abuse Awareness Month, an opportunity to share crit...

Given that Upper Allegheny Health System and Kaleida Health have already partnered on initiatives to enhance health care services for the Twin Tiers, ...

Rather than “make a few bucks at auction” for several properties in the city of Olean, Cattaraugus County agreed to transfer them to the city’s contro...

Doyle McManus’ commentary in the May 5 edition of the Olean Times Herald expresses the thought that it’s time for Sen. Bernie Sanders to step aside fo...

Eric Bolling of Fox Business Network said, “The Republican establishment has experienced a hostile takeover.” I agree, and will add that in the proxy ...