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Citing late timing and other options, the area’s delegation to the State Legislature voted against expanding domestic violence-related gun ownership b...

A recent commentary in the Olean Times Herald asserted that obstructing federal immigration officials represents a nullification of the “rule of law.”...

BELMONT — The Allegany County Legislature on Monday moved forward with proposed legislation to raise the age to 21 for the purchase of tobacco product...

ALBANY (AP) — Opioid and heroin dealers whose products cause a fatal overdose could be charged with homicide under a measure passed by the New York st...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers had expected to approve a local law declaring the heroin/opioid epidemic a public nuisance Wednesday foll...

The conviction of a former top aide to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo spurred fresh demands to address Albany’s culture of backroom dealing Wednesday — ...

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is using the Florida school shooting as a springboard to launch attack ads against seven New York GOP congressional members...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo was convicted on corruption charges Tuesday at a trial that further exposed the state capital's...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers will hold a public hearing Wednesday on a proposed local law declaring the heroin/opioid crisis, which ha...

ALBANY (AP) — The Democrat-controlled state Assembly planned Tuesday to pass legislation aimed at reducing gun violence in the state, a day after Repu...

This call to ban “assault” rifles is missing the mark. There are no such “assault” forks, bats, boards, hammers or crowbars. Like any rifle, they are ...

OLEAN — City officials are working on a settlement with the contractor for the North Union Street overhaul, with as much as $1.28 million due to the f...

OLEAN — The city’s Cold War veterans will continue seeing a break on their taxes after the Common Council made the benefit permanent. “It’s a continua...

OLEAN — Mark S. Williams will take down his Cattaraugus County Public Defender’s shingle this week after 15 years running the office he built from scr...

OLEAN — The final step in the city Zoning Board of Appeals’ decision on the Oxford House recovery home is an inspection of the property. But neither t...

OLEAN — The delay in the Oxford House inspection is due to Oxford House representatives wanting someone other than Olean Fire Capt. Ed Jennings to con...

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

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed told reporters Tuesday he was committed to doing whatever he can to prevent another school mass killing like what occurred last wee...