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WASHINGTON (TNS) — Here’s the most important yet overlooked fact about theJustice Departmentprosecutors who resigned rather than drop charges againstN...

Let’s be honest with ourselves. The current political climate is toxic for both sides of the aisle. For some time now, though, it has been extreme and...

With an open Allegany County Legislature seat in District III due to a former lawmaker's change of address, the county Republican District III Committ...

WELLSVILLE — Allegany County Legislator Steven Havey formally announced that he will seek re-election in District IV in this year’s fall election. Hav...

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul won't immediately remove New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office, but will instead push for increased oversight of Cit...

The great and the good of Europe gathered in Paris for yet another emergency summit, this time to discuss Ukraine and “security in Europe.” The specta...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Like everyone else in Washington, Democratic Party leaders have been stunned by the speed and the breadth of President Donald Trump...

OLEAN — The city will spend less money in the next fiscal year but raise property taxes over the state-mandated tax cap under a proposed spending plan...

OLEAN — City officials expect to cover a sales tax shortfall by using overtime to cover open positions and reviewing all purchases. Mayor Bill Aiello ...

Right Thinkers, a politically conservative group that offers panel discussions on current events and politics monthly in Allegany, has endorsed Ashley...

SALAMANCA — The Salamanca City Central School District has announced nominating petitions are available for this year’s school board election on May 2...

The federal deficit will be $21.1 trillion in the 10-year period from 2025 to 2034, according to projections in the Congressional Budget Office’s bian...

An authoritarian coup is happening in the United States. And “we the people” are the only ones who can stop it. We must preserve and restore our democ...

SALAMANCA — The Salamanca Common Council has passed a nearly $12 million city budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year that includes an increase to the tax ...

SALAMANCA — With the district-wide vote less than three months away, the Salamanca City Central School is beginning to shape its preliminary numbers f...

President Donald Trump has just started his second term, his last one permitted under the U.S. Constitution. But he's already started making quips abo...

Logan O’Connell, attorney at law and an Olean native, was admitted to the New York State Bar in a ceremony on Jan. 15 at the Appellate Division, Fourt...

A newly proposed state mandate causes yet more consternation out of Albany under which the state Fire Prevention and Building Code Council would requi...