Dec 02, 2021
ALBANY — New York’s new state health commissioner stepped into the role Wednesday, at a time when COVID-19 hospitalizations are on the rise in the sta...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, News, ...
Nov 18, 2021
ALBANY — While state Sen. George Borrello believes a state ethics panel did the right thing earlier this week in voting to rescind approval of the for...
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...
Local Columnists, New York
May 03, 2021
We never blamed Gov. Cuomo for COVID’s death toll in New York. The virus has claimed more than 50,000 lives, including what we now know to be more tha...
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Feb 14, 2021
ALBANY (TNS) — The governor’s fellow Democrats, who control both houses in the Legislature, continued to hold discussions throughout the weekend about...
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Feb 11, 2021
ALBANY (TNS) — New York will follow updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention on quarantines for fully vaccinated individuals...
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Feb 04, 2021
ALBANY (TNS) — Downstate attorneys and legal experts are suing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state health commissioner Howard Zucker for their failure to incl...
Local Columnists, New York
Feb 01, 2021
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...
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Jan 29, 2021
ALBANY (TNS) — A day after a report criticized his administration for undercounting COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said attacks o...
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Dec 30, 2020
ALBANY — New York is making an exception to its restrictions on large gatherings to allow about 6,700 fans to attend a Buffalo Bills home playoff game...
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Dec 28, 2020
ALBANY (TNS) — Doctors, nurses and other health care providers and institutions that fraudulently jump the coronavirus vaccine line will face a $1 mil...
News
Dec 27, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Police and health officials were probing Saturday whether an Orange County health care provider violated state guidelines in the distr...
News, NY State News, Western New York
Dec 10, 2020
ALBANY (TNS) — With the first shipment of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine expected to arrive in New York this weekend, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday detail...
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Sep 16, 2020
ALBANY (TNS ) — New York nursing homes that have gone 14 days without a coronavirus case can reopen for limited visitation, the state Department of He...
Coronavirus, News, NY State News
Aug 11, 2020
ALBANY (TNS) — An independent investigation of the state’s nursing home policies during the COVID-19 pandemic is not needed, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said...
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Aug 03, 2020
ALBANY — Democratic and Republican state lawmakers grilled New York’s top health official Monday about the steep, though ultimately unknown, death tol...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Coronavirus, ...
Jul 10, 2020
LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County COVID-19 cases jumped by four on Friday as nursing homes have been given the go-ahead to begin allowing visitors ag...
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Jul 06, 2020
While the Cuomo administration insists that nursing home workers spread COVID-19 in care facilities, Republicans renewed calls for independent investi...
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...
