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ALBANY — New York’s never-enforced ban on single-use plastic bags has survived a lawsuit lodged by a plastic bag manufacturer and convenience store ow...

While no new coronavirus cases were reported as of Thursday evening in Cattaraugus County, Allegany County health officials reported three new cases. ...

On Saturday, the New York State Police conducted an Underage Drinking Enforcement Initiative in Allegany County. Eight establishments were checked for...

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Tuesday that two states — Alaska and Delaware — again meet the metrics for requiring individuals who have traveled to New Yo...

NEW YORK (TNS ) — The state will step in to close individual schools in New York if the coronavirus begins to spread in a building, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Most Ellicottville restaurants and bars have taken advantage of the warm summer weather to further accommodate their patrons while fol...

ALBANY (TNS) — Health insurance rates in New York will increase by an average of just 1.8% in 2021, the lowest increase in a decade. The state Departm...

BELMONT — Quicklee’s Convenience Stores says that its new Belmont Truck Stop and Travel Center will include a Dunkin’ franchise. The travel center off...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Tom Reed joined 96 congressional colleagues Thursday in sending a bipartisan letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthi...

From unfounded panic over thin ice to “WAR IN PACIFIC OVER!,” from a roof for those in need to a chance to save the Palace, here’s a look back on the ...

OLEAN — Tyrone Hall, barber, pastor and community activist, has a new church and a new calling in these days of the pandemic. Hall, whose Hall of Fame...

Cashless spending has long been a convenient way to make purchases, and that convenience became even more evident in 2020. The outbreak of the novel c...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Top Line Process Equipment of Lewis Run in McKean County has been sold to Arcade, N.Y.-based Steel & O’Brien. Top Line has been an ope...

2020 has been a year of firsts: the world faced its first (modern) pandemic, killing hundreds of thousands and shuttering vast swaths of the global ec...

From blasting away in downtown Olean to the repercussions of Hiroshima around the globe, from dialing 911 to a hot time at Farm City Days, here’s a lo...

OLEAN — As with most nonprofit organizations, The Pink Pumpkin Project has been scrambling to find ways to make up funds for events that can’t be held...

OLEAN — The Enchanted Mountains Farmers Market will also be celebrating National Farmers Market Week Friday with a Give Back New York food drive. “Giv...

With no Cattaraugus County Fair this year due to coronavirus concerns, the annual 4-H Market Class Animal Auction is going online. The virtual 2020 Ca...