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In Ann McFaetters’ article, “Disdain for Trump, GOP senators,” her malevolent comments encouraging readers to treat Republicans and the president of t...

To retake the presidency in November, the Democrats will need to win the Electoral College. The clearest path to do that is to win the swing states th...

LITTLE VALLEY — Will Republicans, who now control 12 of the 17 Cattaraugus County Legislature seats, maintain a majority after Tuesday’s elections? Al...

Twenty-two-year-old Austin Morgan of Freedom thinks it’s time for a generational change in 57th State Senate District representation. The Cattaraugus ...

Chris Stanley, in his recent commentary on why President Trump won’t win a second term, completely ignored the many reasons that the president will in...

Recovering from what he termed last week’s “hiccup,” Rep. Tom Reed took aim Thursday at “extreme-left” Democrats he said were eager to overthrow the e...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County Legislature committees moved a resolution to a vote next week that would transfer 15 properties the county has fore...

When it comes to fundraising by organizations in rural New York, gun raffles are right up there with dice runs and ham and turkey parties. But under l...

Attorney General Bill Barr has tasked the top federal prosecutor in Connecticut, John Durham, to investigate the propriety and legality of federal eff...

May is the quiet month in Albany. The calm before the storm that signals the end of the legislative session in June. Assemblyman Joseph Giglio, R-Gowa...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a strategic move in response to well-publicized criticism of the decision of the state’s Democrat-controlled Legislature to blo...

LITTLE VALLEY — It looks like there will be Republican primaries in June in three of the eight Cattaraugus County Legislature districts. All 17 County...

BELFAST — Curt Crandall said Thursday that he’s filed petitions with the state Board of Elections in Albany for the Republican line in the June 25 pri...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed believes that, after Special Counsel Robert Mueller did not find evidence that President Donald Trump’s campaign conspired or coord...

Political commentator Steve Cortes suggested recently that President Trump should declare a second national emergency on our southern border. The firs...

It is hard for businessmen to watch what is going on with our politicians. In the business world, one tries to convince a potential buyer that you hav...

Residents cast votes in several uncontested elections this village Election Day in Cattaraugus County, with the only major race coming out of Little V...

Village elections noted low turnout Tuesday, with some municipalities electing leaders with vote totals in the single digits. Alfred Becky Prophet, ru...