Breaking News
November 4, 2025
OLEAN — The 28th mayor of the city has been selected. Surrounded by officials from both the Republican and Democratic parties, first-time candidate Am...
Local Columnists, Opinion
Jan 13, 2022
Nostalgia tends to be one of my things. While some prefer to leave the past in the rearview mirror, I enjoy reminiscing. I like those magazines that t...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Dec 31, 2021
Gov. Kathy Hochul has promised to restore ethical standards to New York government, a welcome change after the severe ethical lapses and prevarication...
Local Columnists, Opinion
Dec 21, 2021
Imagine this slick, tasteful TV ad: the camera pans in on a fellow in an expensive suit with conservative, neatly cropped hair. In a silken voice, he ...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Dec 20, 2021
ALBANY (TNS) — At long last, the watchdog is awake and barking. Woof! Unfortunately, the burglar in this not-to-be-taken-literally analogy absconded l...
Local Columnists, Opinion, Readers Turn To Write
Dec 20, 2021
I thank the Cattaraugus County Legislature for having the courage to state that they will not use county resources to enforce the governor’s misguided...
Local Columnists, Opinion, Readers Turn To Write
Dec 19, 2021
When the New York Department Health ordered that masks would be required indoors everywhere, our store mobilized to comply with the regulation. We pre...
Local Columnists, Opinion
Dec 18, 2021
Over the past two years, COVID has taken a toll on our community and our country that no one could have imagined back on March 14, 2020, when the firs...
Local Columnists, Opinion, Readers Turn To Write
Dec 17, 2021
The role of local government is to provide critical services that protect our community and foster our well being. This is true with policing, fire pr...
Local Columnists, Opinion
Dec 17, 2021
I think I’ve been channeling my mother. It’s the only explanation I can come up with. Well, one of two maybe. I’ve gone a little overboard with the Ch...
Nation World, Opinion
Dec 17, 2021
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows joined Fox News host Sean Hannity Monday in denouncing the House select committee investigation of the ...
Letters To Editor, Opinion
Dec 16, 2021
We read with disgust the lead article in Tuesday’s Olean Times Herald announcing that our county legislature would not comply with Gov. Kathy Hochul’s...
Letters To Editor, Opinion
Dec 16, 2021
Cattaraugus County had a record number of COVID-19 deaths, 37, in November alone. The county has one of the highest rates of COVID-19 infection in the...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 16, 2021
President Joe Biden and Capitol Hill Democrats are racing to pass their massive social spending bill, known as Build Back Better, before Christmas. Ma...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 16, 2021
Only last week, we learned that one Donald J. Trump was, in effect, the Typhoid Mary of the COVID-19 epidemic during the 2020 campaign. What’s more, u...
New York, Opinion
Dec 16, 2021
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mask mandate in indoor spaces is not what any of us wanted to hear. As of Monday, masks are required to be worn in all indoor publ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 15, 2021
What the progressive culture elite wants, it usually gets. Single-sex bathrooms changing overnight to all-gender or non-gender bathrooms? Done. Illega...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Dec 15, 2021
NEW YORK (TNS) — Letitia James’ decision to drop out of the gubernatorial race was a good move — not only for the reasons she gave. The state attorney...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 15, 2021
It’s no secret that social media is taking a toll on teenagers, especially girls. Filters and photo editing create the facade of a seemingly perfect l...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
November 4, 2025
Mobilizations to collect food items — as well as cash donations — for food pantries to benefit households cut off from federal nutrition benefits cont...
Local Sports, Sports, Volleyball
November 4, 2025
OLEAN — Wednesday and Thursday are packed with local high schools competing in sectional finals, demonstrating a very successful season for teams in t...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
November 4, 2025
ALLEGANY — Finding others who understand your grief can make all the difference. HomeCare & Hospice invites community members to take part in its free...
Football, Local Sports, Sports
November 4, 2025
ORCHARD PARK — There was a flip to Keon Coleman for a first down. Jackson Hawes caught one for 18 yards later in the game. On a day he went 23 of 26 a...
Local News, News
November 4, 2025
OLEAN — Christina Torrey, a Bolivar mother of three, received life-changing news last July: she was diagnosed with breast cancer. “I kind of told a co...
Local News, News
November 4, 2025
Olean Police Monday, 10:30 a.m. , no injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident on North Union Street near Laurens Street. A vehicle oper...
