geography

Daylight Saving Time will soon come to an end this year, and we’ll “fall back” to standard time. On Sunday, Nov. 3, at 2 a.m., Daylight Saving Time wi...

Volunteer groups and site managers are making final preparations for the 13th annual I Love My Park Day to be held on Saturday. I Love My Park Day, or...

May 1 is an exciting date on the calendar for outdoor sporting folks in New York state. While spring turkey season opens for adults hunters Wednesday,...

It’s been a tradition of mine for the last few years to drive to Rhode Island for my grandson Nate’s school break. Nate loves to fish. We take advanta...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Two area students at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford were among 50 honored for a variety of academic achievements at the univ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a series, “Headwater Heroes,” by Emily Shosh of the Potter County (Pa.) Conservation District. The series showcase...

(This story has been updated to include comments from the Seneca Nation of Indians and Olean Mayor Bill Aiello.) OLEAN — After a second wastewater dis...

OLEAN — Heavy rains led to a wastewater discharge into the Allegheny River Wednesday afternoon, and weather-related downed power lines also led to sev...

OSWEGO (AP) — A body that washed up on the shores of Lake Ontario in 1992 has been identified as a Buffalo man who is believed to have died going over...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County has been awarded nearly $179,000 as part of a state-funded program supporting emergency communication system improv...

CUBA — The location of the annual village of Cuba elections on March 19 has been changed to the Cuba First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, accessed fr...

CUBA — A series of budget workshops for the village of Cuba’s 2024-25 budget will be held by the village board of trustees at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 1...

THURMAN — State forest rangers recovered three dead people from the woods the past two weeks and they helped rescue an Ohio man whose snowmobile had f...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn and Janet Sweeney of the Pennsylvania Organ...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — They have quirky names and are often mistaken for stones, but freshwater mussels are very much alive and perform critical ecologi...

As we settle well into the first month of the year, let’s take a look back at some of the “firsts” of Olean. FIRST STORE: The general store, cultural ...

ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation encourages New Yorkers to review and comment on the development of proposed regulations th...

CATTARAUGUS — Mayor Anthony Nagel will hold a community discussion on water service in the Village of Cattaraugus at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 22 at the vil...