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OLEAN — Cattaraugus County reported only one new COVID-19 case on Monday. There have now been 5,674 county residents diagnosed with COVID-19. The coun...

BELMONT — Fewer than one in three Allegany County residents will be allowed to ditch their masks in many public places on Wednesday due to the county’...

OLEAN — There were 13 new COVID-19 cases reported by the Cattaraugus County Health Department on Monday. That brought the number of county residents d...

When the COVID pandemic hit, doctors and mental health experts foresaw the cataclysmic problems the disease would cause — not just the deaths, but the...

OLEAN — The Cattaraugus County Board of Health has levied a $500 fine against an Olean restaurant for repeat violations involving employees not wearin...

NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers over 16 years old can sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations starting today, a major expansion of eligibility as the state seek...

ALBANY (TNS) — Under a policy pushed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the administration of a popular program that allows Medicaid recipients to receive at-home ...

It was one year ago today that the first Cattaraugus County resident was confirmed with COVID-19. A woman from the northwest corner of the county with...

ALBANY — The New York attorney general’s office called on ethics investigators Thursday to look into reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and others connect...

OLEAN — Thursday marked the one-year anniversary since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control labeled the coronavirus a pandemic. Cattaraugus County dec...

ALBANY (TNS) — Another 86 people in New York died due to COVID-19 on Monday, the third straight day new deaths stayed below 100 after they climbed ove...

BELMONT — A dozen new COVID-19 cases were reported Wednesday, Allegany County officials said, as another drive-up testing clinic is scheduled. County ...

ALBANY (TNS) — More than 1.3 million New Yorkers have downloaded the state COVID Alert NY app to assist with contact tracing efforts, but the phone ap...

ALBANY (TNS) — When Letitia James was elected with Andrew Cuomo’s backing, I assumed she wouldn’t be willing to ruffle the governor’s feathers or look...

OLEAN — After reporting 38 new COVID-19 cases and one death over the weekend, the Cattaraugus County Health Department had 24 new cases on Monday. The...

BELMONT — The Allegany County Department of Health said Thursday that the county’s COVID-19 vaccine supply is very limited — just as it is in Western ...

OLEAN — Two Cattaraugus County men — one age 47 and the other 73 — died of COVID-19, county health officials reported Friday. The deaths bring to 70 t...

Three Cattaraugus County school districts announced Wednesday afternoon that potential positive COVID-19 cases in the schools have led to several quar...