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Barraged with sex-abuse lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in hopes of working out a potentially mammoth vict...

OLEAN — Design work on $6 million in repaving at the Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport will move ahead, but questions remain over the long-term future ...

SALAMANCA — Mayor Mike Smith has announced that the Common Council will hold a meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 6 p.m. in the conference room prior to...

OLEAN — City aldermen have given their go-ahead to fix the top facility concern on city property. The Common Council on Tuesday gave tentative approva...

OLEAN — The new Common Council president should not take long to adapt to the role — he’s been there before. In a 4-3 vote during a special meeting Mo...

OLEAN — A one-purpose meeting next week should choose the next Common Council president. The Olean Common Council will host a special meeting Monday e...

OLEAN — A $200,000 allocation to convert Temple B’nai Israel into the Olean Community Theatre led off a flurry of state grant awards announced Thursda...

OLEAN — Exactly what the makeup of the Common Council will be in January will come down to absentee votes in two race — including an election for a di...

OLEAN — Ward 4 will have one of the largest fields in a city alderman race in years as four candidates vie for a two-year seat on the Common Council. ...

OLEAN — LGBTQ Oleanders and allies — including two openly gay candidates for the Common Council — denounced homophobic language used in the lead-up to...

OLEAN — Aldermen will decide on whether to ban smoking in city parks next month. The Common Council’s public safety committee on Tuesday forwarded on ...

OLEAN — A new home for the Olean Community Theatre was one of 13 projects given priority status for state aid across the region. In the annual report ...

OLEAN — After a month of delay, the contract is getting signed to fix a priority water project in the city. The Common Council on Tuesday unanimously ...

SALAMANCA — Two new firefighters will be joining the ranks of the Salamanca Fire Department after a month of uncertainty in the city over lack of fund...

SALAMANCA — Two appointments in the Salamanca Fire Department were approved Aug. 14 by the Common Council to fill two vacant positions in the departme...

OLEAN — Another $85,000 will be going toward speeding up sewer work in South Olean. The Common Council voted 6-0 on Tuesday to move $85,000 from the s...

OLEAN — The city of Olean, already mandated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to spend at least $250,000 a year on sewer ...

OLEAN — The Tri-County Arts Council will celebrate the opening of its new location at 110 W. State St. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 5 p.m. July 1...