Cattaraugus County, Local News, News, ...
Jul 19, 2020
ALBANY — In response to community concerns about increasing amounts of litter left behind by visitors to New York’s natural areas, State Department of...
Outdoors, Sports
Jul 07, 2020
ALBANY — The online hunter education course that was first available in April when all in-person hunter education courses had to be canceled due to CO...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News
Mar 07, 2020
In support of New York’s ban on single-use plastic bags that began March 1, State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Region 9 staff delive...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
Feb 26, 2020
National Fuel and its subsidiary got a court win earlier this week in their effort to build a natural gas pipeline across parts of Allegany, Cattaraug...
Local News, News
Feb 22, 2020
ALBANY — New York is distributing more than 270,000 reusable bags to low- and moderate-income communities in advance of the state’s plastic bag ban st...
Local News, NY State News, Western New York
Feb 10, 2020
ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation has released the draft New York State Forest Action Plan for public review and comment. Th...
Local News, News
Feb 04, 2020
The 2019 hunting seasons were the safest on record in New York state, with 12 shooting injuries and one death, the Department of Environmental Conserv...
Feb 02, 2020
ALBANY (TNS) — New York is set to ban most single-use plastic bags beginning March 1, but environmental advocates are warning a series of proposed reg...
Business, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
Jan 21, 2020
ALLEGANY — A number of residents in Allegany likely realize that oil, and drilling for it, has been in the community for a long time — as far back as ...
Business, Local News, News
Jan 18, 2020
OLEAN — Another city brownfield cleanup has been declared complete by the state. The state Department of Environmental Conservation reported this week...
Local News, News
Dec 31, 2019
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will observe a year-long celebration of its upcoming 50th anniversary in 2020. Gov. Nelson...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Dec 19, 2019
ALLEGANY — Residents of the West Branch and Four Mile roads area, where a house exploded last month, have been informed that oil drilling in their val...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
Nov 16, 2019
New York’s regular big game season for deer and bear in the Southern Zone starts Saturday and runs through Dec. 8. The season for early bowhunters, wh...
Outdoors
Oct 21, 2019
ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation is seeking angler feedback on proposed fishing regulation changes for New York’s Great Lak...
Local News, News
Oct 16, 2019
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is showing off the latest design of the New York State Trail Supporter patch. The patches ...
Outdoors
Sep 15, 2019
Several small game hunting seasons open Oct. 1 across New York state, with special youth-only hunting seasons for pheasants and waterfowl prior to the...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News, ...
Aug 18, 2019
In Saturday’s edition, we related how at least a couple of timber rattlesnakes had somewhat unsettled a Potter County community this past week. Forty ...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, News
Aug 15, 2019
Several blue-green algae blooms were reported earlier this summer in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties, while nearby water bodies continue to see bloo...
June 16, 2025
David W. Leaskey SALAMANCA --- David W. Leaskey, 72, of Salamanca, NY, died Monday, June 9, 2025 at Olean General Hospital following a short illness. ...
June 16, 2025
David W. Leaskey SALAMANCA --- David W. Leaskey, 72, of Salamanca, NY, died Monday, June 9, 2025 at Olean General Hospital following a short illness. ...
June 16, 2025
Ruth M. Baillargeon, mother, grandmother, sister BELFAST --- Ruth M. Baillargeon, 82, of Belfast, New York, passed away Monday, June 16, 2025 at High...
June 16, 2025
Robert E. Stephens PORTVILLE === Robert E. Stephens of 24 Finch Street, passed away on Friday, June 13, 2025 at the Cuba Memorial Skilled Nursing Faci...
Commentary, Opinion
June 16, 2025
Sometimes I feel like a broken record when I talk about what’s happening in Albany — but the failures keep repeating. This year was no different. Whil...
