Breaking News
September 27, 2025
SALAMANCA — A Salamanca man was being held for the murder of another person in the city, Salamanca police reported Saturday. Andrew C. Skye, 35, of 31...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Aug 24, 2018
OLEAN — The city Zoning Board of Appeals on Thursday voted down a measure that would have allowed a Genesis House shelter to move to a former St. John...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Aug 10, 2018
OLEAN — It will be at least another two weeks before Genesis House and St. John’s Church officials know if they will be allowed to use a former conven...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Jul 19, 2018
FREEDOM — The Freedom Town Board voted 3 to 2 in a Monday meeting to adopt a wind turbine law, after a local activist group claimed the meeting would ...
News
Jul 17, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York state Senate leader and his son were convicted on Tuesday of extortion, wire fraud and bribery charges of pressuring...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Jul 05, 2018
The right to vote. The right to marry whomever you love. The right to go to a decent school regardless of the color of your skin. The right to represe...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Jul 02, 2018
With seemingly universal political support from the New York State Senate and Assembly, a bill championed by Olean salon owners that would shield them...
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York, ...
Jun 15, 2018
Gov. Andrew Cuomo leads Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro 56-37 percent, according to a Siena College poll of likely New York state general elec...
Local News, News, Western New York
Jun 14, 2018
ALBANY — On what would have been the birthday of domestic violence murder victim Helen Buchel of Geneva, the State Senate passed Brittany’s Law, a pub...
News, Western New York
Jun 14, 2018
A proposal from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow parents or teachers to petition a judge to remove guns from the homes of troubled students is adva...
News, Western New York
Jun 11, 2018
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo began a school bus tour of New York state Monday intended to build support for a proposal to allow parents or teachers to p...
News, Western New York
Jun 08, 2018
ALBANY (AP) — Lawmakers in the New York state Assembly have voted to make opioid addiction a qualifying condition for medical marijuana. The Democrat-...
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
May 29, 2018
Child sexual abuse is a horrific crime that violates the most innocent among us. As a parent and as a legislator, it both angers and saddens me that s...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
May 21, 2018
What do you call a hypocritical legislative body that passes a freedom of information law and then exempts itself from that very law. Why, obviously, ...
Allegany County News, Local News, News
May 15, 2018
RUSHFORD — Months of debate over a 35-year-old zoning law on campers continued to simmer Monday, with compromise seemingly far away. A capacity crowd ...
News, Western New York
Apr 24, 2018
ALBANY (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a statewide ban on plastic shopping bags Monday — though at least one leading environmental advocacy...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Apr 13, 2018
OLEAN — The fate of the Oxford House home for recovering addicts was finally decided on Thursday as city officials gave the final OK for the North 10t...
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Apr 12, 2018
It brings me joy on early spring mornings to hear the raucous choir of wild birds that are migrating through Western New York or building their summer...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Apr 10, 2018
LITTLE VALLEY — The calendar may say early April — and there’s still snow on the ground in parts of Cattaraugus County — but it’s not too soon to thin...
Local News, News
October 2, 2025
OLEAN — Early screening and paying attention to risk factors can help reduce the impact of breast cancer, said the county’s top medical officer. Catta...
Local News, News
October 2, 2025
OLEAN — Federal aid will help get the lead out of area children over the next few years. Cattaraugus County Environmental Health Director Bob Ring tol...
Local Sports, Sports
October 1, 2025
A-L knocks off Falconer/CV/MG for 4th-straight win PORTVILLE — Back on September 11, the Portville girls soccer team brought a 0-0 tie into halftime b...
Local Sports, Sports, Volleyball
October 1, 2025
ALLEGANY — Allegany-Limestone girls volleyball beat visiting Randolph (25-19, 25-15, 25-17) in three sets on Wednesday night, as they look to improve ...
Baseball, National Sports, NY State Sports
October 1, 2025
NEW YORK — Jazz Chisholm Jr. zipped all the way home from first base on Austin Wells' tiebreaking single in the eighth inning, and the New York Yankee...
Local News, News
October 1, 2025
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats kept their promise to reject any Republican spending bill that didn't extend or restore health care benefits, choosing i...
