finance

OLEAN — At times tense, a special budget work session of the Olean Common Council reached a conclusion Wednesday: $600,000 should go from the proposed...

OLEAN — The Western New York Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation will host its annual fundraising banquet and auction April 29 at Bartlett Co...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Comments on Upper Allegheny Health System’s future parent company, Kaleida Health, as well as the critical need for primary care physi...

FRANKLINVILLE — On March 27, the Franklinville Village Board appointed Trustee Harvey Solvie to succeed Robert Breton, who had just resigned after sev...

OLEAN — Mayor Bill Aiello’s proposed budget for 2017-18 had already cut $1.6 million from department head requests. Still advocating their needs, muni...

LITTLE VALLEY — Last year, the Cattaraugus County Legislature voted to begin foreclosure proceedings on property after two years of unpaid taxes inste...

OLEAN — Municipal department heads will justify their needs and wants Tuesday and Wednesday as the city works toward adopting an on-time 2017-18 budge...

OLEAN — For their commitment to serving the Olean community, seven area residents were honored Thursday night at the Olean YMCA’s long-running Salute ...

OLEAN — A multimillion-dollar overhaul will soon begin at the William O. Smith Recreation Center, and the work is now expected to cut this summer’s sw...

OLEAN — The Olean Common Council on Tuesday OK’d a policy to control the city’s fund balance. The amount — a percentage or dollar figure — has yet to ...

BELMONT — The first step at keeping Allegany County’s sales tax rate at 8.5 percent passed amid some opposition Monday, with those in the minority say...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County Land Bank Corp. should know soon if its application for seed money to fight blighted housing has been approved. The...

OLEAN — Though it’s not required by law — more so strongly suggested by the state comptroller — a fund balance policy may soon become reality in the c...

The superintendent of Seneca Valley School District might have come up short in her bid for an award that recognizes exceptionalism, but finishing in ...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers voted Wednesday for a second contract extension with a Buffalo accounting firm studying the two county nu...

On the agenda for the last Ways and Means Committee meeting (Wednesday) of the Allegany County Board of Legislators was a proposal to extend the count...

OLEAN — It’s budget season at City Hall, and aldermen formally addressed Mayor Bill Aiello’s proposed 2017-18 budget for the first time Tuesday. Membe...

When I was a young adult, I chanced upon a poster of a mama duck leading her ducklings. In bold letters beneath the drawing were the words, “Do someth...