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CUBA — Cuba-Rushford Central School District’s outdoors education program continues to bring home accolades from the “Odyssey of the Mind for the outd...

FRANKLINVILLE — Maple king and queen candidates will be selected Thursday night to rule over the 56th annual Western New York Maple Festival this week...

It’s Friday morning at Bristol Township School District's Mill Creek Elementary School as a line of 18 anxious and competitive staff members eagerly a...

When the walking challenge is held for employees of Ontario County each fall, it's taken seriously. Competition is fierce, and the walking, well, it a...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Abigail Johnson wasn’t sure where to sit. The 6-foot-2 forward felt sitting in the chairs in the front room of the St. Bonaventure w...

OLEAN — One by one, students took the Olean High School auditorium stage, approached the mic and stepped under the spotlight. For some, the Thursday a...

ST. BONAVENTURE — With an added Girl Scouts division and a little help from the Department of Physics, over 180 students across Western New York parti...

The magnitude of the moment was real, and it was impossible to ignore. The five local members of the U.S. National Jiu jitsu team had all long since b...

EDDYVILLE — A town of Mansfield man who has been growing giant pumpkins for almost 20 years won the state title for biggest pumpkin over the weekend —...

ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University freshman Paul Boyd had more reason than most to charge into the crosshairs of the Allegany Volunteer Fire...

OLEAN — Tents are going up and campers have moved into Bradner Stadium for this weekend’s Olean Outdoor Festival. The festival, which runs Friday and ...

Maya Albanowski and Nora Gavaghan have a lot in common. Friends, science enthusiasts, teammates — all describe this dynamic duo. They two young women ...

BOLIVAR — Bolivar will play host to the 102nd annual Volunteer Firemen’s Association Allegany County Convention this week. Events run Wednesday throug...

With the tradition of outdoor recreation so strong in the region, this one seems like a perfect fit. The Olean Outdoor Fest, a charity event in Bradne...

Surrounded by the colorful walls of her elementary classroom and with a student by her side, second-grade teacher Kristen Hecker looked directly into ...

SMETHPORT, Pa. — The team of the West Eldred Woodmen from Otto-Eldred High School was the overall winner of the 28th annual “Wild” Envirothon that cha...

Public Health Director Dr. Kevin Watkins and Director of Environmental Health Eric Wohlers congratulate the town of Hinsdale for winning the 2017 Catt...

The Salamanca football team will take a step down in classification next fall, but don’t expect much of an easier schedule for the Warriors in 2017. S...