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OLEAN — Incumbent of the Ward 4 seat on the city’s Common Council has officially declared her intention to run for re-election this year. Sonya McCall...

State Sen. George Borrello called the governor's executive order banning more than 2,000 fired prison guards from being hired for other state jobs "no...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — The union representing striking corrections officers andNew York statemade a deal Saturday to end the weeks-long strike . The agreeme...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — In Donald Trump’s speech, personalities loomed large. Whether it was George Washington’s second best presidency or Elon Musk’s bril...

An Allegany County Supreme Court ruling has affirmed that former legislator Adam Cyr vacated his seat by moving from the district he represented. Legi...

Republican congressmen representing the Twin Tiers region express excitement that the Trump administration is delivering on promises to remake the gov...

Whether President Donald Trump’s unconventional diplomacy succeeds in furthering American interests and halting Russian aggression in Ukraine will be ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump took credit for "swift and unrelenting action" in reorienting the nation's economy, immigration and foreign p...

Democrats believe they’ve found a potent issue in GOP Medicaid reform. They are hammering at Republican lawmakers, accusing them of not aggressively o...

Recent statements put out by our elected representatives have left me feeling disheartened, as it seems that our representatives in Albany are upset t...

Just about two years ago, Allegany County Legislature Chairman W. Brooke Harris and Legislator Janice Burdick vocally opposed Gov. Kathy Hochul’s atte...

Thanks to President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court decision to grant him untethered carte blanche to do whatever he wishes without repercussions, he has...

The changing fiscal landscape could hinder local governments’ budgets, New York State ComptrollerThomas P. DiNapoli warns in his recent report. The co...

OLEAN — The Olean City School District’s annual board election and budget vote will be held May 20 in the Olean Intermediate Middle School between 7 a...

OLEAN — More than 60 people attended Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski’s first town hall meeting Thursday at the John J. Ash Community Center in Olean. “We ...

OLEAN — Officials hope to recap their suggestions for updating the city’s founding document this spring. The Olean Charter Commission discussed having...

The U.S. Agency for International Development sent $1.3 billion in foreign assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo last year, the world’s f...

NEW YORK — When it comes to presidential politics, it’s a billionaire’s world. President Donald Trump’s campaign was buoyed by a few megadonors. It mi...