economy

( Editor’s note: The following is the last in a four-part series of op-eds by Olean Food Pantry board members in preparation for the Season of Giving....

DEAR RUSTY: I served in the U.S. Army from January 1958 to Feb 1961. What increase should I receive for those years and who do I call and at what phon...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Adherence to Smart Growth principles is helping Olean move into the future. During Thursday evening's 118th annual Greater Olean Are...

DEAR RUSTY: I retired at my full retirement age, am now 79 and will be 80 in December. I have been working consistently since. I get a meager Social S...

ALLEGANY — The town of Allegany has unanimously passed its budget for 2025. The adopted budget keeps the town under the 2% tax cap limit set by New Yo...

CYCLONE, Pa. — At the Aug. 1 Keating Township meeting at which Ordinance 110 was adopted to establish restrictive setback requirements for windmills i...

LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County Department of Economic Development, Planning and Tourism is now accepting applications for the 2023 Group B Tou...

Editor’s note: This is the second of three profiles of recipients of the 2024 Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards, which will be pr...

Average gasoline prices in New York have fallen 2.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.12/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 6,1...

One of the only things growing faster than progress in AI applications is speculation about AI’s effect on the economy. I don’t have all the answers, ...

DEAR RUSTY: The Social Security program is funded by employees and their employers. The federal government does not contribute to the program, right? ...

ITHACA — Shifting from wasteful demolition practices to a circular construction economy in New York state could unlock unrealized economic activity, c...

( Editor’s note: The following is the second in a four-part series of op-eds by Olean Food Pantry board members in preparation for the Season of Givin...

Sales taxes collected at the local level rose at a slower rate in September and the third quarter across the state, Albany’s financial watchdog agency...

Local unemployment rates were down in September as more workers were on the job, the state Department of Labor reported. The Cattaraugus County unempl...

OLEAN — The Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce’s revamped and newly virtual Lunch & Learn series is back and the speaker of next month’s program i...

ALBANY (TNS) — A budget watchdog group is taking aim at the carbon tax state policymakers are designing in order to fight global warming. The Citizens...

Our community is at a crossroads, and the decision facing the Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) is clear: act now to move the All...