Local News
Jun 20, 2024
OLEAN — Celebrate the historic Juneteenth holiday with two days of vibrant festivities this weekend in Olean. The 5th annual Juneteenth Jamboree will ...
Commentary, Nation World
Jun 18, 2024
Juneteenth is no more a holiday just for Black people than the Fourth of July is a holiday just for white people. It recognizes and celebrates a profo...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jun 17, 2021
This weekend, Americans will celebrate an unofficial holiday that many people had not heard of a year ago. In this era of purposeful racial awareness,...
Local News, News, NY State News
Jul 24, 2020
ALBANY (TNS) — New York state lawmakers this week voted unanimously to establish June 19 as Juneteent h, a holiday to commemorate the end of slavery i...
News, NY State News
Jun 17, 2020
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order Wednesday recognizing Juneteenth as a paid holiday for state employees to commemorate the emancip...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Jun 27, 2018
OLEAN — The sound of drums, jazz and poetry will fill the air Saturday when the annual Juneteenth Celebration is held at Bethany Lutheran Church on Le...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Jun 12, 2018
OLEAN — Della Moore continues to count her blessings for the help she has received from the community in raising funds to open a new African American ...
Commentary, Opinion
June 16, 2025
Sometimes I feel like a broken record when I talk about what’s happening in Albany — but the failures keep repeating. This year was no different. Whil...
June 16, 2025
Paula Ann Valley OLEAN --- Paula Ann Valley, 72, of Olean, passed away Friday, June 13, 2025 peacefully at home in the arms of her husband, after a lo...
Business, Local News, News
June 16, 2025
SUNY Jamestown Community College is participating in SUNY Reconnect, a State University of New York initiative designed to help adults ages 25 to 55 r...
Business, Local News, News
June 16, 2025
ST. BONAVENTURE — The DePerro School of Health Professions at St. Bonaventure University welcomed health science educators Friday for a regional works...
Commentary, Opinion
June 16, 2025
Promising an apocalypse by the ayatollahs who were getting ever closer to obtaining a nuclear weapon to carry out that diabolical wish, Israel had eve...
Commentary, Opinion
June 16, 2025
Growing up, my family was destitute. If not for food stamps, we would have had little food — even so, there were times when our refrigerator was empty...
