institutions

A man convicted in a post-9/11 terrorism sting was ordered freed from prison by a judge who criticized the FBI for relying on an “unsavory” confidenti...

ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello has been elevated to ranking member of the Senate Elections Committee and named as a new member of the Committee o...

ALLEGANY — The Allegany Town Board will hold two public hearings Tuesday aimed at protecting the aquifer that provides sources of drinking water for r...

Gov. Hochul just rolled out a characteristically careful budget that points toward fiscal sanity. Let’s hope she sticks to her guns against the coming...

Two local school district superintendents acknowledged the challenges posed by Gov. Kathy Hochul’s executive budget — including the end of the save ha...

The Federal Highway Administration is not amused. The agency just released an 1,100-page manual on traffic control devices that includes the admonitio...

State lawmakers representing Cattaraugus and parts of Allegany counties said they heard some good things in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget message Tuesday...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday proposed the state repeal its THC potency-based tax structure for legal cannabis — a move industry stake...

Gov. Kathy Hochul opened her State of the State message to the Legislature last week with a surprising proclamation: “The State of New York is stronge...

New York State Public Service Commission staff have urged denial of a Cattaraugus County petition for a rehearing of the recent road use agreement rul...

ALBANY (TNS) — Weighing looming deficits , New York City's costly asylum seeker challenge and the loss of pandemic-era federal funds , Gov. Kathy Hoch...

OLEAN — The Olean High School chapter of the National Honor Society welcomed its newest members in a ceremony Jan. 5 at the Pulaski Club. Twenty-four ...

SALAMANCA — The Salamanca Common Council Wednesday accepted state funds totaling $19 million toward the city water plant relocation project spearheade...

OLEAN — The first formal steps to reviewing the city’s charter are now underway. This week, Mayor Bill Aiello reported that he had filed his list of c...

LITTLE VALLEY — More than 8,200 homes and businesses across Cattaraugus County lost power from high winds during Tuesday’s storm, with nearly 2,000 ho...

ALBANY — Members of a state advisory board are expressing their dissatisfaction with Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration, which rejected a recommendati...

SALAMANCA — A new playground for students at Prospect Elementary School to climb, jump, swing and slide is expected to be ready for action by this spr...

OLEAN — More senior citizens in the city can take advantage of an exemption on their next city tax bills. The Olean Common Council on Tuesday voted to...