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LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers voted Wednesday to renew for two years an additional 1% mortgage recording tax that has been in effect fo...

U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy said Wednesday he hopes Congress can avoid a government shutdown at midnight Saturday as House Republicans insisted on south...

State Sen. George Borrello joined 69 fellow senators and assemblymen Tuesday in sending a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul urging her to sign the Cannabis ...

WELLSVILLE — A derelict house at 63 Seneca St. continues to plague the village board, but things are looking up for the old theater marquee. Members o...

Only two area municipalities received fiscal stress ratings for their 2022 financials, the state reported Tuesday, but 15 did not provide their inform...

Rather than being spiteful, the state should try being helpful. At issue is the state’s unwillingness to help school districts pay to remove offensive...

President Joe Biden likes to sell himself as a pro-union president, but his policies are contributing to a major strike. On Sept. 15, members of the U...

Rural areas of the state need help dealing with population and labor force losses, as well as increasing services to help an aging population, the sta...

ST. BONAVENTURE — The newly created Brian and John McAllister Business Scholars Program Endowment will provide a pathway to professional careers for b...

Gov. Kathy Hochul had the chance to make New York’s onerous property taxes just a little bit fairer — and she whiffed. The Friday before Christmas, wh...

President Biden is campaigning for re-election on a strong economy. He said recently, “Bidenomics is just another way of saying, ‘Restore the American...

OLEAN — The Leadership Cattaraugus Scholarship Fund at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation will accept applications from aspiring leaders hopi...

OLEAN — The Olean Public Library staff expresses its thanks to everyone who helped make the 2023 Summer Reading Program a huge success. Thanks to the ...

BELMONT — The Allegany County Department of Health is offering immunization and flu shot shot clinics at several sites during the next few weeks. Depa...

ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University alumnus and global businessman Richard P. “Dick” Kearns will return to his alma mater in October, bringin...

OLEAN — The last recipient of the 2023 Olean Local Development Corp.’s housing rehabilitation loan program hopefully won’t be the last, officials said...

National Grid has helped to energize Great Lakes Cheese Co.’s new Franklinville manufacturing facility and, as an additional boost, has provided more ...

SMETHPORT, Pa. — It’s official. On Wednesday, at the Nittany MiniMart on U.S. Route 6, representatives from the Pennsylvania Lottery presented $1 mill...