kevin d. watkins

OLEAN — After more than 12,500 coronavirus tests, the Cattaraugus County Health Department is beginning to scale back its COVID-19 operations. Dr. Kev...

Cattaraugus County and the rest of the Western New York region got the go-ahead from Gov. Andrew Cuomo Monday to move to Phase 4 of the state’s reopen...

OLEAN — Any Cattaraugus County resident who wishes to be tested for COVID-19 can make an appointment through the county Health Department to be tested...

OLEAN — Reports of influenza, widespread across New York state, are on the rise in Cattaraugus County as well, especially the influenza B strain. So f...

OLEAN —Cattaraugus County health officials expressed disappointment Wednesday in the county’s continued low health ranking, but vowed to redouble educ...

OLEAN — The Cattaraugus County Health Department will end a long running program called Nursing Home Without Walls that helped elderly residents stay ...

OLEAN — The Cattaraugus County Board of Health is opposed to legalizing marijuana. On Wednesday, Board of Health members voted to send a letter to Gov...

OLEAN — Is is time to expand the focus of the Cattaraugus County Heroin/Opioid Task Force? That was the question task force members asked Friday as ev...

OLEAN — It’s been a long time since members of the Cattaraugus County Heroin/Opioid Task Force had heard some good news. On Friday, Avi Israel of Buff...

LITTLE VALLEY — A proposed local law declaring the opioid epidemic in Cattaraugus County a public nuisance was approved by two county legislature comm...