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MINEOLA — Lawmakers in a suburban New York county have approved a bill to ban masks in public places with exemptions for people who cover their faces ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposal for a new ban on face coverings raises irresolvable constitutional and enforcement concerns. When she took office during ...

New COVID-19 surges have put many communities across the nation in a precarious position. The highly transmissible and evasive BA.5 subvariant is gett...

There were 52 new COVID-19 cases reported by the Cattaraugus County Health Department Thursday. That brings the pandemic total in the county to 19,872...

Flight attendants celebrated in the aisles and passengers cheered when a federal judge in Florida finally reined in the overreaching of the Centers fo...

Flight attendants celebrated in the aisles and passengers cheered when a federal judge in Florida finally reined in the overreaching of the Centers fo...

The Biden administration’s latest defeat in its stubborn fight to keep in place COVID-19 safety protocols should bring the president to the reality th...

PORTVILLE — It was a good day for faces to be in full view Wednesday at Portville Central School as almost everyone had a smile on their face — becaus...

Gov. Kathy Hochul made the right decision in letting the state’s temporary indoor mask mandate expire last Thursday. The Covid-19 omicron wave is rece...

DETROIT (TNS) — When the first COVID-19 mandates were issued in hopes of turning back a mysterious pandemic, there wasn’t enough science or data avail...

ALLEGANY — Allegany-Limestone District Superintendent Tony Giannicchi told members of the Board of Education Tuesday night he didn’t foresee New York’...

Unbelievable. The Republican Cattaraugus County Legislature is PETTY. They have used their political stance to punish a Democratic representative beca...

I am a senior veteran who continues to be very concerned about the irresponsible lack of action by the Cattaraugus County Legislature with respect to ...

CUBA — District II legislators have scheduled a district meeting at 6 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Cuba Library. This meeting is being held for general discussi...

WELLSVILLE — The Wellsville Board of Education paid some bills and approved some new staff positions Tuesday — and district officials expressed pleasu...

OLEAN — The Olean Public Library has announced additional hours on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. The library is also resuming Saturday hours for the ...

Shifting away from his Afghan debacle, President Biden went back Wednesday to that other war, COVID, with a two-prong attack on the enemy: Vaccines an...

BELMONT — Due to higher COVID-19 transmissions, Allegany County-owned government facilities will begin requiring masking and social distancing. Allega...