Breaking News
August 18, 2026
OLEAN — Mayor Amy B. Sherburne advised Tuesday afternoon that East Olean residents boil their water for consumption until further notice after a water...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County News, Local News, ...
Dec 20, 2018
Local addiction treatment providers see the millions of dollars set to come down from the federal government as evidence rural America’s opioid crisis...
Health
Sep 19, 2018
Jonathan “Jon” Levitt spent the last years of his promising young life battling the grips of a merciless addiction to opioids. Jon was an attractive a...
Cattaraugus County News, Local News, News
Aug 25, 2018
OLEAN — Is is time to expand the focus of the Cattaraugus County Heroin/Opioid Task Force? That was the question task force members asked Friday as ev...
Business News, News
Aug 15, 2018
New York is suing Purdue Pharma, the maker of the well-known opioid painkiller OxyContin, for its role in the growing and deadly opioid drug epidemic....
Cattaraugus County News, Local News, News
Jul 07, 2018
The New York Association of Counties has teamed up with the New York State Coroners and Medical Examiners Association to produce a powerful television...
Cattaraugus County News, Here And Now, Local News, ...
Jun 10, 2018
OLEAN — As a group of family and friends gathered fistfuls of balloons to release into the sky above War Vets Park on Tuesday, Karen Materna was still...
News, Western New York
Jun 08, 2018
ALBANY (AP) — Lawmakers in the New York state Assembly have voted to make opioid addiction a qualifying condition for medical marijuana. The Democrat-...
Cattaraugus County News, Local News, News
May 26, 2018
OLEAN — Cattaraugus County Health Department officials aren’t sure why, but heroin/opioid overdose deaths have dropped significantly this year. Dr. Ke...
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
May 15, 2018
It is painfully apparent that the opioid epidemic is real, is dangerous and is claiming far too many lives. There is tangible proof that it is all of ...
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
May 09, 2018
LOUDONVILLE — Ninety percent of New Yorkers agree that the opioid crisis is more insidious than previous public health crises, as overdosing on some o...
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
May 01, 2018
LOUDONVILLE — Over the last two years, 24 percent of New Yorkers have been prescribed opioids for pain by a doctor, according to Part III of a Siena C...
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York, ...
Apr 23, 2018
LOUDONVILLE — Doctors over-prescribing opioids is cited most often as the single most responsible contributor to the current level of opioid abuse, ac...
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
Apr 19, 2018
LOUDONVILLE — Nearly a quarter of New Yorkers personally know of someone — a family member, friend or acquaintance — who has died from an opioid overd...
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York, ...
Apr 16, 2018
LOUDONVILLE — Nearly a quarter of New Yorkers personally know of someone — a family member, friend or acquaintance — who has died from an opioid overd...
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Apr 12, 2018
In the middle of this opioid crisis people are scared. People in our community and our country are dying. This is a serious health crisis. But as peop...
Crime News
Mar 28, 2018
COUDERSPORT, Pa. — A Lewistown woman will spend 5 to 10 years in state prison in connection with a 2015 Galeton, Pa., opioid overdose death. The Potte...
News
Mar 22, 2018
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...
Cattaraugus County News, Local News, News
Mar 13, 2018
LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers will hold a public hearing Wednesday on a proposed local law declaring the heroin/opioid crisis, which ha...
Local Sports, Soccer, Sports
September 12, 2026
SALAMANCA — Salamanca (2-1-0) spent nearly the entire second half chasing an equalizer against Frewsburg (0-0-2) on Saturday, waiting for the one mome...
Buffalo Bills, Football, National Sports, ...
September 12, 2026
HOUSTON (AP) — Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills travel to Houston to Sunday to open their season against the Texans with the quarterback looking to fi...
Business News, Local News, News
September 12, 2026
Paula J. Snyder will receive the 2026 L.O.U.I.E. (“Love of Olean, United In Enterprise”) Award as the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce celebrate...
Business News, Cattaraugus County News, Local News, ...
September 12, 2026
SUNY Jamestown Community College has welcomed four new full-time faculty members for the 2026-2027 academic year. The new faculty members are Katherin...
Lifestyle, Lifestyles
September 12, 2026
DEAR ABBY: About 15 years ago, my nephew gave me a birthday gift of a baseball bat signed by a top player. I love baseball, so it was a lovely gift. A...
Football, Local Sports, Sports
September 11, 2026
GOWANDA — A 12-0 halftime deficit and an injury at quarterback gave the Portville/Cuba-Rushford/Bolivar-Richburg team its first test of the season in ...
