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Boil water notice for East Olean after water main break

By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

August 18, 2026

OLEAN — Mayor Amy B. Sherburne advised Tuesday afternoon that East Olean residents boil their water for consumption until further notice after a water...

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Wellsville village plans another hearing to discuss chicken law

KATHRYN ROSS news@oleantimesherald.com

Feb 25, 2025

WELLSVILLE — No chickens came home to roost Monday night after the village board called yet another hearing concerning the keeping of chickens within ...

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Can US get lucky again with bird flu?

ALEXANDRA M. LORD The Conversation

Feb 12, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have faced empty shelves in their grocery stores. The escalating threat of avian flu ha...

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5 years later: 5 things we know — and still don’t know — about COVID

LAURAN NEERGAARD, LAURA UNGAR and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press

Jan 02, 2025

Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The germ didn't have a name, nor did the i...

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Journalists failed to ask Fauci hard questions during the pandemic

DR. CORY FRANKLIN Chicago Tribune

Dec 30, 2024

CHICAGO (TNS) — In the midst of a flurry of presidential pardons and commutations by President Joe Biden, there is talk in the White House of preempti...

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New COVID vaccines available; Cattaraugus County hasn’t seen spike in cases

Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

Sep 07, 2024

New coronavirus vaccines are available, and state health officials encourage anyone 65 and older, at risk for severe COVID-19 or who has never receive...

President Biden tests positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vega

AAMER MADHANI Associated Press

Jul 18, 2024

LAS VEGAS — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 while traveling Wednesday in Las Vegas and is experiencing “mild symptoms” including “gen...

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Governor: COVID cases, hospitalizations increasing in NY

Olean Times Herald staff

Jul 07, 2024

Gov. Kathy Hochul provided New Yorkers an update on COVID-19 as new variants contribute to increases in hospitalizations in parts of New York State an...