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WELLSVILLE — Aside from receiving money and giving away money Tuesday night, the village board decided to make some money. The board gave approval to ...

ALBANY — New York’s legislature took a critical step Tuesday toward changing the state’s constitution to bar discrimination based on “pregnancy outcom...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-23, has been named to the House Rules Committee by Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Virtually all legislation g...

Defense spending is vital to ensure the nation’s security. But that doesn’t mean the Pentagon should be above budget scrutiny. Far from it, as a recen...

ALBANY — Republicans in the State Legislature want to roll back criminal justice reforms of the past few years, saying the results have been a disastr...

SCIO — A committee is gearing up to celebrate the town of Scio’s 200th anniversary, and while the big celebration won’t take place until summer, event...

For decades, the West Valley Citizens Task Force, environmental groups and area county and local governments have pressed for a full cleanup at the We...

ALBANY(TNS)—Senate Democratsare not backing down from their decision to reject Gov. Hochul’s pick to lead the state’s highest court as questions remai...

ALBANY (TNS) — Nearly four years ago,New Yorkcommitted itself to what lawmakers billed as the most progressive — and aggressive — climate plan in the ...

In Wednesday’s historic 10-9 rejection of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nominee for chief judge, Hector LaSalle, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s radicals left ...

Yes, National Squirrel Appreciation Day is actually a thing. It falls on Saturday and, earlier this month, OTH city editor Bob Clark wrote about how t...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York, we’re told, has embarked on a grand plan to embrace recreational marijuana, a supposed turn away from the “Just Say No” polic...

Max Della Pia, the Democratic candidate in the special election in the 23rd Congressional District, and his Republican opponent Joe Sempolinski agree ...

OLEAN — There were all kinds of emotions at Olean High School’s 136th annual commencement ceremony. There were smiles when students walked across the ...

OLEAN — When Dr. Beverly Twitty-Terrien searched for an appropriate title for the upcoming 2018 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, the phras...

OLEAN — The Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation paid homage Wednesday to a husband-and-wife team that has both together and separately bolstered t...

CATTARAUGUS — The Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central School Board of Education reviewed a second draft of the proposed 2016-17 budget Tuesday. District...

The town of Ellicottville race between Supervisor John Burrell, who is endorsed by the Republican, Independence and Reform parties, and Matthew McAndr...