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OLEAN — Olean General Hospital’s Emergency Department was not diverting patients to other facilities overnight, hospital officials said Thursday morni...

Smoking tobacco damages the lungs, but when you quit, you give your lungs a chance to recover. When you quit, your lungs will improve in several ways:...

OLEAN — A major reason why Paula Snyder was hired as the executive director of SUNY Jamestown Community College’s Cattaraugus County Campus was to exp...

Local government sales tax collections in July increased by 21.2% over the same month in 2020, marking the fourth consecutive month that collections e...

The worst part of the debate over school mask mandates is how uncharitable it has become. For example, at the Fort Worth, Texas, school board meeting ...

Folks in Olean and along the Allegheny River Valley are used to mosquitoes being a summer nuisance — with some years worse than others. But the summer...

ELDRED, Pa. — Eldred Township Supervisor Chairman Jeffrey Rhinehart announced that a survey of on-lot septic systems for several areas of Eldred Towns...

More than two dozen more COVID-19 cases in the area were reported on Monday from over the weekend. As of Monday afternoon, Cattaraugus County Departme...

NEW YORK — Vaccine mandates expanded Monday as New York state ordered hospital and nursing home workers to get COVID-19 inoculations and New York City...

While we never received any reports in the Southern Tier of sick or dead song birds afflicted with an unknown disease in nearby Pennsylvania and other...

There might not be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but there could be some good health in store. Health experts and advocates with Finger Lak...

FORT WORTH, Texas — If you’re getting tired of hearing the word “surge,” don’t read the latest news about Texas’ southern border. According to federal...

BELMONT — COVID-19 cases appear to be on the rise again in Allegany County. Allegany County Department of Health officials reported Monday that 20 cas...

DETROIT (TNS) — As researchers continue to observe the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on humans, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is studying i...

An important way to avoid injury and stay physically active is to understand your fitness level and know your health numbers . A quick self-assessment...

OLEAN — A year ago, almost to the day, Chuck Crist was walking the course at Bartlett Country Club watching his son, Scott, compete in the Shootout of...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York’s surge of new COVID-19 cases continues, with the state confirming more than 3,000 more infections on Tuesday. A total of 3,11...

Overdoses can kill. As a person begins to overdose their breath slows and may even stop. The key to saving the life of a person who is overdosing is t...