Articles, Commentary, Local Columnists
May 28, 2025
The process of crafting and passing legislation has often been compared to sausage-making, insofar as most people enjoy eating sausage, but virtually ...
Allegany County News, Articles, Cattaraugus County, ...
May 23, 2025
Local unemployment rates continued to drop in April, state officials said, and were lower than a year ago. The state Department of Labor reported that...
Commentary, Nation World
Apr 24, 2025
Elon Musk is reportedly planning to spend less time tending to the budget-cutting DOGE project and more time on his businesses, according to Politico,...
Commentary, Nation World, New York
Apr 24, 2025
Thank you to state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli for publishing an analysis of the balance of payments between the 50 states and the federal government . T...
Local News, News, NY State News
Apr 23, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochuland Attorney GeneralLetitia Jamesannounced thatNew Yorkand a coalition of 11 other states are suing theTrump Adminis...
Business, Local News, News
Apr 21, 2025
Average gasoline prices in New York fell 1 cent per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.04 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 6,11...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, ...
Apr 21, 2025
OLEAN — Olean Food Pantry is sounding the alarm after federal funding cuts to food banks threaten to worsen hunger across Western New York. The nonpro...
Commentary, Nation World
Apr 21, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Earlier this month, sharp declines in the stock market wiped out $5 trillion in value. Which raises the question: If $5 trillion ca...
Commentary, Nation World, New York
Apr 18, 2025
If there’s one thing investors have learned in recent days, it’s that there’s no way to guess what America will do next. With its on-again, off-again ...
Opinion, opinion/columns
Apr 17, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Congress has a decision to make. Hang American small business owners out to dry, or lock in a tax system that allows America’s entr...
Commentary, Nation World
Apr 17, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Congress has a decision to make. Hang American small business owners out to dry, or lock in a tax system that allows America’s entr...
Business, Local News, News, ...
Apr 16, 2025
HARRISBURG — In an effort to make Pennsylvania the most competitive state in the nation for business, the PA Chamber Foundation released the Keystone ...
Local News, News
Apr 16, 2025
OLEAN — A 6.2% tax rate increase to $17.90 per $1,000 of assessed value on a $29,147,462 budget is spelled out in the finalized City of Olean budget t...
Commentary, New York
Apr 09, 2025
ALBANY — For the last four years, New York’s small businesses have been shouldering the burden of the Empire State’s pandemic-related Unemployment Ins...
Commentary, Nation World
Apr 08, 2025
President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs are the biggest shock to the global financial and economic order since the end of the Bretton Woods ...
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Apr 08, 2025
I voted in the election to stop fraud, waste and abuse. I expect our government to run efficiently and I voted for putting Washington on a budget and ...
Business, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
Apr 07, 2025
Average gasoline prices in New York rose nearly 2 cents per gallon in the last week, while the Olean area saw prices rise 6 cents. The average price i...
Commentary, Nation World
Apr 07, 2025
After being criticized for saying in an October speech to the Chicago Economic Club that “‘tariff’ is the most beautiful word in the dictionary,” Dona...
Local News, News
June 14, 2025
OLEAN — The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War. In 2025 his caus...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
