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    NY adds non-binary gender ‘X’ option on birth, marriage and death certificates
    News, NY State News
    NY adds non-binary gender ‘X’ option on birth, marriage and death certificates
    Jan 11, 2023
    SYRACUSE (TNS) — New York state is now allowing people who identify as a non-binary to list their gender as “X” on vital documents. The New York Depar...
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    Hochul names acting NYS health commissioner
    News, NY State News
    Hochul names acting NYS health commissioner
    RACHEL SILBERSTEIN Times Union, Albany 
    Dec 23, 2022
    ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul has named an acting commissioner to lead the state Department of Health after current Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett s...
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    NY health commissioner Mary Bassett to step down
    News, NY State News
    NY health commissioner Mary Bassett to step down
    RACHEL SILBERSTEIN Times Union 
    Dec 03, 2022
    ALBANY (TNS) — New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett will leave her post after serving one year as the state’s top heal...
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    Borrello’s focus in Senate campaign on accomplishments
    News
    Borrello’s focus in Senate campaign on accomplishments
    RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
    Oct 27, 2022
    State Sen. George Borrello has focused during his campaign in the new 57th Senate District on telling people what he’s been able to accomplish in a sh...
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    Hochul campaign donor lands multi-billion dollar state contract
    News, NY State News, Western New York
    Hochul campaign donor lands multi-billion dollar state contract
    CHRIS BRAGG Times Union 
    Aug 01, 2022
    ALBANY (TNS) — The state Department of Health is awarding a multi-billion-dollar transportation contract to a company owned by a significant campaign ...
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    Roe v. Wade overturned: What it means for NY
    News, NY State News, Western New York
    Roe v. Wade overturned: What it means for NY
    RACHEL SILBERSTEIN and JOSHUA SOLOMON Times Union 
    Jun 24, 2022
    ALBANY (TNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision on Friday, shifting governance over when a pregnancy can be terminated ...
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    Allegany County reports 247 COVID cases over weekend, no deaths
    Allegany County News, News
    Allegany County reports 247 COVID cases over weekend, no deaths
    BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
    Jan 25, 2022
    BELMONT — COVID-19 cases rose above 9,000 on Sunday after 247 cases were reported over the weekend. Allegany County Department of Health officials rep...
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    Pa. health department: ‘Strike teams’ to help local hospitals
    News
    Pa. health department: ‘Strike teams’ to help local hospitals
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 29, 2021
    BRADFORD, Pa. — Acting Secretary of Health Keara Klinepeter confirmed Tuesday that following Gov. Tom Wolf’s request for support from the Federal Emer...
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    Fake vaccine cards now illegal in New York state
    NY State News
    Fake vaccine cards now illegal in New York state
    Pete DeMola Times Union, Albany (TNS) 
    Dec 23, 2021
    ALBANY — It’s now against the law in New York state to use a fake vaccination card, according to a new bill signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul late Wednesday...
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    127 COVID cases, 2 deaths in Allegany County over weekend
    Allegany County News, News
    127 COVID cases, 2 deaths in Allegany County over weekend
    BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
    Dec 14, 2021
    BELMONT — Another 127 people tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend in Allegany County, while two more have died. On Monday, the Allegany Count...
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    Hochul clarifies COVID state of emergency justification
    News, NY State News
    Hochul clarifies COVID state of emergency justification
    JOSHUA SOLOMON Times Union 
    Dec 01, 2021
    ALBANY (TNS) — The governor’s office on Wednesday clarified the justification for a COVID-19 emergency order after the Times Union questioned the init...
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    8 deaths, 287 COVID cases last week in Allegany County
    Allegany County News, News
    8 deaths, 287 COVID cases last week in Allegany County
    BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
    Nov 23, 2021
    BELMONT — Eight deaths and 287 more COVID-19 cases were reported in the last week in Allegany County, state and county health authorities reported Mon...
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    New York’s vaccine mandate doesn’t apply to all medical workers
    News, NY State News
    New York’s vaccine mandate doesn’t apply to all medical workers
    BRENDAN J. LYONS Times Union 
    Sep 30, 2021
    ALBANY (TNS) — Thousands of nurses and other medical personnel who work in state agencies that care for inmates or disabled and mentally ill individua...
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    Competing tallies of Allegany County COVID deaths cloud picture
    Allegany County News, News
    Competing tallies of Allegany County COVID deaths cloud picture
    BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
    Aug 28, 2021
    BELMONT — The exact death toll of COVID-19 in Allegany County is difficult to determine, with varying figures provided by county, state and federal au...
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    State: 1 COVID death reported in Allegany County
    Allegany County News, News
    State: 1 COVID death reported in Allegany County
    BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
    Aug 23, 2021
    BELMONT — One new COVID-19-related death has been reported in Allegany County, state officials said Monday. On Sunday, the state Department of Health ...
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    Air quality alert for Upstate NY due to Western wildfires
    News
    Air quality alert for Upstate NY due to Western wildfires
    Jul 20, 2021
    An air quality alert has been issued for all of Upstate New York because of drifting smoke from the Western wildfires. While air quality alerts are ge...
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    COVID vaccines to be offered at Allegany County Fair
    Allegany County News, News
    COVID vaccines to be offered at Allegany County Fair
    BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
    Jul 09, 2021
    ANGELICA — Those seeking COVID-19 vaccines can do so at the Allegany County Fair. The county Department of Health reported that the Johnson & Johnson ...
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    1 new case bumps Allegany County to 3,600th COVID case
    Allegany County News, News
    1 new case bumps Allegany County to 3,600th COVID case
    BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
    Jun 10, 2021
    BELMONT — Allegany County marked its 3,600th COVID-19 case on Wednesday with just one new case. One new case was reported by the Allegany County Depar...
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    COVID spiking again in McKean County
    News
    COVID spiking again in McKean County
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 09, 2021
    BRADFORD, Pa. — McKean County is the only one in Pennsylvania to be listed in the category of substantial community spread of COVID-19. In the weekly ...
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    A guide to NY’s new rules on masks and distancing
    News
    A guide to NY’s new rules on masks and distancing
    MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press 
    May 19, 2021
    ALBANY — New York eased its mask and social distancing mandate s again Wednesday, but people shouldn’t be throwing their face coverings in the garbage...
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    Iran can’t have nuclear weapons
    June 16, 2025
    Promising an apocalypse by the ayatollahs who were getting ever closer to obtaining a nuclear weapon to carry out that diabolical wish, Israel had eve...
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    Commentary, Opinion
    Readers’ Turn to Write: Americans face a choice at the ballot box
    June 16, 2025
    Growing up, my family was destitute. If not for food stamps, we would have had little food — even so, there were times when our refrigerator was empty...
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    What’s wrong with enforcing the law?
    Commentary, Opinion
    What’s wrong with enforcing the law?
    By SUSAN SHELLEY Los Angeles Daily News 
    June 16, 2025
    LOS ANGELES (TNS) — President Donald Trump is enforcing immigration law, and for the first time in many decades immigration enforcement does not resem...
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    June 16, 2025
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    Belfast celebrates reopening of County Road 26 bridge
    Local News, News
    Belfast celebrates reopening of County Road 26 bridge
    By Olean Times Herald staff 
    June 16, 2025
    BELFAST — A newly constructed and reopened bridge on County Road 26 in the town of Belfast has been named the William “Bill” A. Nichols Bridge. Allega...
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    Donald L. Thierman, Sr.
    Donald L. Thierman, Sr.
    Julie Keim 
    June 16, 2025
    Donald L. Thierman, Sr. OLEAN --- Donald L. Thierman, Sr., 86, passed away peacefully Friday (June 13, 2025) at The Pines of Olean. Born August 14, 19...
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