Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jun 13, 2022
“We cannot just sweep this under the rug. We need to know why it happened, who did it and people need to be held accountable for it. And I'm committed...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Feb 08, 2022
There have been many unpleasant paid jobs throughout history, from executioner to leech collector to nitpicker. Now, to this litany of gruesome and on...
Local Columnists, Nation World
May 12, 2021
This week, Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives are expected to fire Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming from the third-highest-ranking job ...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Mar 31, 2021
One of the largest criminal investigations in American history is happening right now, and it’s one we should not forget. Well over 300 people have be...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jan 19, 2021
After Donald Trump was elected in 2016, I wrote that the most important task for people — particularly those disconcerted by his election (as I was) —...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jan 16, 2021
President Donald Trump finally did what the foremost metaphor associated with his political rise would have suggested — he plowed his plane into the g...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jan 16, 2021
This year’s celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day comes less than two weeks after a violent white mob, inspired by entrenched racism and dressed u...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jan 09, 2021
There’s a reason we expect presidents of the United States to say that they support the peaceful transfer of power. Donald Trump has never committed t...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jan 08, 2021
Enough is enough. Any last shreds of credibility and dignity that the Trump presidency and its most fervent supporters had were swept away Wednesday b...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jan 07, 2021
A mob riled up by a demagogue storming the seat of government and forcing elected leaders inside to flee is the stuff of the Third World. It was not p...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Sep 12, 2020
How do you stand up to a mob? Lauren Victor, urban planner and Washington, D.C., resident, demonstrated as much on Aug. 24. On the first night of the ...
Local News, News
June 14, 2025
OLEAN — The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War. In 2025 his caus...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
