Breaking News
August 27, 2025
OLEAN — An Olean man was sentenced Monday in Cattaraugus County Court to three to nine years in state prison for a 2023 hit-and-run collision on Senec...
Commentary, Nation World
Sep 17, 2024
NEW YORK (TNS) — Scientists surprised themselves when they found they could instruct a version of ChatGPT to gently dissuade people of their beliefs i...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 10, 2023
Not all conspiracy theories are created equal. The same people who pride themselves on rigorously insisting on the facts — ideally, explained in the d...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jun 03, 2022
Donald Trump implicitly endorsed a half-baked conspiracy theory for why his candidates lost in the Georgia Republican primaries, and it created barely...
Apr 27, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — When candidates for public office indulge in conspiracy theories like QAnon, it's often with a wink and a nod. But just weeks bef...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Feb 03, 2021
QAnon is such a weird theory that it’s tempting to think humanity is getting dumber. But it’s better seen as a highly sophisticated way of manipulatin...
Leters to the Editor
Jan 08, 2021
Many people would like to establish a “gray area” to try to explain or understand what happened in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. In light of those e...
News, Western New York
Dec 03, 2020
MAYVILLE — Chautauqua Institution and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will jointly present an online program titled “The Tehran Children: Iran’s Un...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Oct 26, 2020
Counter speech doctrine posits that the best remedy for negative or inaccurate speech is more accurate, positive speech. There are exceptions to this ...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Aug 15, 2020
QAnon is getting its first congresswoman. Marjorie Taylor Greene won a runoff in a Republican primary Tuesday, all but assuring her victory in Novembe...
News, Western New York
Jun 09, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ignited fresh controversy over his hard-line “law and order” push Tuesday by peddling yet another conspiracy ...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Jan 11, 2019
Fascism is a radical form of authoritarian ultranationalism that is characterized by dictatorial power, suppression of opposition and regimentation of...
Business, Local News, News
August 27, 2025
COUDERSPORT, Pa. — UPMC Cole and Sweden Valley Manor announced a strengthened partnership that will elevate long-term care services for the area. By e...
Football, Local Sports, Sports
August 27, 2025
The Buffalo Bills appeared vulnerable a year ago and the AFC East seemed there for the taking. There were questions about who Josh Allen would be thro...
Local News, News
August 27, 2025
OLEAN — The JCC YMCA Early Learning Center marked one year of serving children and families at the SUNY Jamestown Cattaraugus County Campus during an ...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
August 27, 2025
WEST VALLEY — Eleven radiological control technicians at the West Valley Demonstration Project have undergone a 40-hour training to prepare for a cred...
Football, Local Sports, Sports
August 27, 2025
The looming specter of roster cuts and several players' bids to earn their spots on the Buffalo Bills provided the backbone of the latest episode of H...
Business, Local News, News
August 27, 2025
BELMONT — Precision Auto Choice, an automotive dealership serving Allegany County since 2019, is expanding its inventory as a newly authorized Bobcat ...
