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ALFRED — A local university is working on a way to use old glass to help build sea walls. Alfred University, in partnership with the New York State De...

Gasoline prices across the nation and state of New York — even in notoriously high Bradford, Pa. — have been dropping after last week’s poor jobs repo...

Goodwill of Western New York has received a $219,205 Workforce Inclusion grant from the Center for Workforce Inclusion, Inc. Nearly 90% of the grant —...

OLEAN — Building a positive workplace culture and acting like a sponge for new ideas were among the suggestions provided by one of the area’s largest ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — New survey results reveal that Americans’ satisfaction with their customer experiences today has fallen to the lowest level in at l...

ALBANY (TNS) — A coalition of more than 50 business, energy and labor organizations are calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration to conduct a com...

Local sales tax collections slipped for all area taxing bodies in June and the second quarter of the year, the Office of the State Comptroller announc...

OLEAN — Business owners looking to pick up skills on how to recruit, retain and engage employees have a local learning outlet to utilize on Thursday. ...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — A new report from a national economic think tank finds some challenges to turning Upstate New York into a national tech economic hub....

Fewer area bridges are in poor condition compared to the state average, the state’s fiscal head reported. The office of New York Comptroller Tom DiNap...

DEAR RUSTY: For a 30-year period, I was making a living as an independent contractor and freelancer. I was working on behalf of myself. Thus, I was on...

OLEAN — Dozens of workers will be out of a job this fall as Stroehmann Bakery officials plan to depart downtown Olean. Bimbo Bakeries USA, a subsidiar...

The United States should use its emergency oil supply for exactly that: emergencies. But President Joe Biden continues to use the Strategic Petroleum ...

BRADFORD, Pa. — It was a mostly empty parking lot mid-morning during the work week, until the interested parties began to arrive. Representatives from...

ALLEGANY — Chad Kirk has been named chief financial officer for HomeCare & Hospice and Total Senior Care effective Aug. 5. Kirk, a lifelong resident o...

Area unemployment rates in June stayed relatively flat, mirroring trends at the state and national level. According to the state Department of Labor, ...

Not that we needed another poll to tell us that New York state is getting increasingly more unaffordable, but recent statewide polling from the Siena ...

DEAR RUSTY: I’m just trying to figure out how to determine whether to retire at 65 or 67 and, if I retire, approximately how much could I make outside...