News
Aug 08, 2022
Cattaraugus County has recorded 163 cases of COVID-19 in the first eight days of August. The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 15 new case...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Aug 01, 2022
FORT WORTH, Texas — I’m not alone when I confess that the COVID era wreaked havoc on my kids’ annual pediatrician visits. In the early months of the p...
Cattaraugus County, News
Feb 01, 2022
OLEAN — Cattaraugus County Public Health Director Dr. Kevin D. Watkins is hopeful that recent indications that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 12, 2022
The old legal maxim is that everything which is not forbidden is permitted. Many public-health experts apparently have their own version of this rule ...
News, NY State News
Dec 30, 2021
PLATTSBURGH (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul warned Wednesday of a January surge in COVID-19 infections as hospitalizations from the virus continued ...
News, NY State News
Dec 27, 2021
ALBANY (TNS) — The number of New Yorkers hospitalized with COVID-19 surpassed 5,000 for the first time in nine months on Monday amid a pandemic surge ...
Allegany County News, News
Dec 24, 2021
WELLSVILLE — As COVID-19 case counts increase, Jones Memorial Hospital officials again called on residents to get vaccinated to reduce transmission an...
Letters To Editor, Opinion
Nov 03, 2021
Why do we continue reporting the daily COVID positive rates in Cattaraugus County? Yep, they’re high. But what’s the point of looking at this informat...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, News
Oct 25, 2021
Health officials reported the 135th COVID-19 death in Cattaraugus County as well as 45 new cases over the weekend. The county health department report...
Allegany County News, News
Sep 08, 2021
BELMONT — Around 18% of new COVID-19 cases in recent weeks have been people vaccinated against the disease, Allegany County health officials reported ...
Letters To Editor, Opinion
Sep 01, 2021
Who is a “covidiot”? — One who refuses to acknowledge peer-reviewed science from legitimate sources and instead drifts to fringe science and mis/dis-i...
Cattaraugus County, News
Aug 19, 2021
OLEAN — There were 16 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday, while nearly 32,200 people have completed their vaccine series, the Cattaraugus County Health De...
News, NY State News, Western New York
Aug 04, 2021
ALBANY (TNS) — New York’s surge of new COVID-19 cases continues, with the state confirming more than 3,000 more infections on Tuesday. A total of 3,11...
News, NY State News
Jul 23, 2021
ALBANY (TNS) — The number of new COVID-19 cases in New York has more than tripled since the start of the month. The state confirmed 1,830 new cases Th...
Cattaraugus County, News
Jun 07, 2021
Cattaraugus County health officials reported only one new case of COVID-19 over the weekend — one on Saturday. As of Sunday there were only six county...
News, NY State News
May 18, 2021
ALBANY (TNS) — New cases of COVID-19 in New York reached their lowest single-day total since October on Monday. The state confirmed 1,030 new COVID ca...
News, NY State News, Western New York
May 13, 2021
NEW YORK (TNS) — COVID-19 hospitalizations in New York fell again Wednesday and remain at their lowest point since mid-November. Hospitalizations fell...
News, NY State News, Western New York
May 12, 2021
BUFFALO (TNS) — New York state beaches and pools will open in time for Memorial Day, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. Initially, 6-foot social distan...
Local News, News
June 14, 2025
OLEAN — The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War. In 2025 his caus...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
