Breaking News
September 27, 2025
SALAMANCA — A Salamanca man was being held for the murder of another person in the city, Salamanca police reported Saturday. Andrew C. Skye, 35, of 31...
Letters To Editor, Opinion
Jun 29, 2022
Does the Dobbs decision make abortions illegal? No. Despite the hysteria of the progressive elites and their media mouthpieces, the Dobbs decision doe...
Allegany County News, News
Jun 27, 2022
BELVIDERE — Thirteen area boys left for a week-long boot camp in democracy Sunday morning as they boarded a bus for the American Legion’s 2022 Boys St...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
May 19, 2022
Chances are, deluded mass murderer Payton Gendron doesn't actually know any Black people to speak of. According to the 2020 census, his hometown of Co...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
May 05, 2022
Editor’s note: This is an editorial from the Chicago Tribune, distributed by Tribune News Service. This editorial board long has supported a woman’s r...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Apr 13, 2022
A sweeping generalization is an overarching or overly broad statement or opinion in which a general idea or rule is applied too widely, without allowi...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 19, 2022
A second civil war seems far-fetched. But do we ignore the possibility at our peril? Or do we turn it into a self-fulfilling prophecy by talking about...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 17, 2021
What can sensible adults agree on regarding Kyle Rittenhouse, the latest young symbol on whom America can hang its devastating internal division and t...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Sep 18, 2021
Many people ask me how the United States can claim to promote human rights after its abandonment of Afghan women — and its inability to move China on ...
Leters to the Editor
Mar 13, 2021
I recently received a newsletter from Congressman Tom Reed extolling his efforts to stand up for “election integrity” by demanding voter IDs. This is ...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jan 25, 2021
President Joe Biden presents two essential values to the nation: unity and truth. Whether Americans accept them is, of course, another matter. Biden g...
Jan 21, 2021
I am not exactly sure why, but in the fall of 1963, when I entered fifth grade, it felt like achieving a milestone towards adulthood. Being a fifth-gr...
News
Jan 20, 2021
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, summoning American resilience to confront a historic conf...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jan 14, 2021
Raise your hand if you are exhausted from the incessant political turmoil that continues to unfold in the United States. While almost everyone is hopi...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jan 09, 2021
Death and destruction did not stop Congress from its mission to certify the election of the next president of the United States. Shell-shocked by what...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jan 07, 2021
A mob riled up by a demagogue storming the seat of government and forcing elected leaders inside to flee is the stuff of the Third World. It was not p...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Dec 01, 2020
Sometimes it feels like democracy is just too dysfunctional. Voters are disengaged and uninformed. Congress is hyperpartisan — and so self-serving it ...
Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
Nov 12, 2020
“We the People. …” That phrase has endured for 244 years as the pillar of the U.S. Constitution, which has stood as America’s triumphant experiment in...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Nov 02, 2020
Democrats and Republicans alike missed the point on Wednesday, when members of the Senate Commerce Committee had their last chance before the election...
Commentary, Opinion
October 1, 2025
There were at least 235,502 retirees across the country who collected a public pension of $100,000 or more in 2024 — costing taxpayers $30.6 billion —...
Allegany County News, Local News, News
October 1, 2025
BELFAST — Armstrong presents the 6th annual Fall Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at 6661 Route 305, featuring free fun for everyone. This yea...
Local News, News
October 1, 2025
OLEAN — St. Joseph’s Maronite Church will hold its Oktoberfest celebration 2-8 p.m. Saturday in the hall at 1102 Walnut St. Oktoberfest will feature G...
Commentary, Opinion
October 1, 2025
Nine years ago, progressives wanted James Comey strung up in the public square. Today, he’s their cause celebre. How times change. In 2016, Democrats ...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
October 1, 2025
SALAMANCA — Beautiful weather, live music, activities for the whole family and several new features are hoping to bring people pouring into the city t...
Business, Local News, News
October 1, 2025
Average gasoline prices in New York have fallen 2.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.17/g, while the price per gallon in Olean-area out...
