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OLEAN — No one was hurt in a fire Thursday evening at a York Street home, but damages from the blaze are estimated at $85,000. City firefighters respo...

OLEAN — No injuries to residents or firefighters occurred during an early morning fire at two garages on Laurel Avenue and East State Street early Fri...

ALLEGANY — When an individual is in need of emergency care, the hope is that an ambulance with emergency medical services personnel can respond as qui...

If you live in a rural area in New York you may not be able to count on an ambulance arriving quickly if called in an emergency. Many volunteer EMS co...

This week we celebrate National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week, when we thank paramedics, EMTs and the entire EMS workforce for their service a...

OLEAN — Authorities report that an Olean man was killed while driving the wrong way down Interstate 86 on Wednesday evening. Cattaraugus County Sherif...

ALFRED — Even when the coronavirus outbreak was just beginning, leaders in Alfred have been active in communication and planning. For Alfred’s two ins...

ALLEGANY — As president of the Allegany-Limestone PTO and a parent with children in the school district, Crystal Wilczewski knows of teachers who have...

ALLEGANY — There have been many occasions when Kay Mattern and other senior citizens at the Cranberry Court apartments have called on volunteers with ...

As part of an effort to keep students front and center regarding plans for preparedness, staff at Seneca Valley School District recently participated ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Harden the target, fatal funnels, warm zone — the terms of an active shooter situation used by law enforcement and explained Thursda...

Soon after a young gunman killed 20 students and six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., five years ago, Cattaraugus County Em...

Consider the scenario: You’ve just been in a car accident and are critically wounded and unconscious. When the emergency medical services first respon...

Nine minutes. That’s the Emergency Medical Services’ average response time to a medical crisis. Yet the first few moments after an accident are often ...

OLEAN — Over 28 emergency service vehicles were driven in procession Saturday in memory of Trans Am founder, Walter Reisner, who died Thursday in Olea...