government departments and ministries

SCIO — The Scio Central School Board of Education will meet in open session at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, in the elementary auditorium. This meetin...

The memo went out from the White House that there’s no evidence President Joe Biden did anything wrong regarding his son’s business dealings and, sure...

Let’s say you hate Donald Trump and really, really, really don’t want him to become president of the United States again. How do you prevent that? Wel...

OLEAN — The Cattaraugus County Department of Social Services is announcing new business hours. Beginning Sept. 25, all offices operated by the Cattara...

Local hospital COVID-19 rates are remaining relatively low as state officials urge protection efforts against a new variant. Statewide, COVID-19 hospi...

SALAMANCA — The Salamanca City Central School District has received a $61,558 grant to help sort and either digitize or properly dispose of its record...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — In addition to repeating what governors do every year by coming to the New York State Fair, Gov. Kathy Hochul made some history Wedne...

DUNKIRK — State Sen. George Borrello and other lawmakers are urging the governor to step in and “save” Nourish NY from bureaucratic mismanagement, whi...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Canada has launched an ambitious program to recruit highly skilled immigrants from all over the world — including from the United S...

NEW YORK (TNS) — As Christmas approached in 1979, a judge in Manhattan issued a decision that has served as a salve for New York City’s homeless these...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Buffalo, Syracuse and Rochester regions have joined forces to apply for a federal designation as one of 20 technology hubs in a...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Our armed forces are shrinking in size and capacity. The current crisis in military recruiting qualifies as a direct threat to U.S....

Nearly two million Americans work for the federal government, but — four months after President Biden declared the COVID emergency over — way too many...

ALBANY (TNS) — A New York appellate court has dismissed a lawsuit filed last year by a former commissioner for the state’s now-dismantled ethics panel...

Seneca Nation President Rickey Armstrong Sr. updated the Seneca people Friday on negotiations with New York state over a new gaming compact, which he ...

COUDERSPORT, Pa. — A Potter County commissioner has been named to four leadership positions with the National Association of Counties, according to an...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York’s congressional Democrats are urging stricter federal action on the criminal organizations behind large-scale drug trafficking...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that his administration is opening a new migrant shelter on Randalls Island with capacity for 2,000...