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BELMONT — Three Allegany County teenagers have been charged with negligent homicide after allegedly failing to get medical help for another teen who o...

OLEAN — The Cattaraugus County Heroin-Opioid Task Force held its final meeting of the year Friday by reviewing both encouraging and concerning pieces ...

OLEAN — A local addiction support group is aiming to bring the community together to show support for those battling addiction and raise awareness abo...

New York state is making it easier for addicts and their loved ones to buy the antidote for opioid overdoses. As of Wednesday at pharmacies across the...

ALBANY (AP) — New York state lawmakers are touting big steps in the fight against heroin and opioid addiction but say much more needs to be done to fi...

OLEAN — The Cattaraugus County Board of Health voted Wednesday to urge the county lawmakers to file a lawsuit against pharmacy companies potentially r...

OLEAN — Authorities are investigating last week’s two heroin overdose deaths in Olean and are willing to charge those who sold the fatal drugs. Cattar...

OLEAN — Authorities are investigating last week’s two heroin overdose deaths in Olean and are willing to charge those who sold the fatal drugs. Cattar...

OLEAN — Nearly 60 members of the Cattaraugus County Heroin/Opioid task Force met Friday on the heels of three recent Olean area heroin overdose deaths...

OLEAN — Karen Materna’s son would have been 30 years old June 14. Instead of planning for his birthday, she’s planning his funeral. “I can’t make a ca...

The growing problem of opioid abuse hit home for Mariah Syktich when her older brother, Josh Wells, died from a heroin overdose last year. Despite her...

OLEAN — The first reported heroin overdose death of 2017 in Cattaraugus County was reported earlier this month in Portville. Dr. Kevin Watkins, county...

OLEAN — The first reported heroin overdose death of 2017 in Cattaraugus County was reported earlier this month in Portville. Dr. Kevin Watkins, county...

The growing epidemic of heroin abuse is not limited to America’s large cities. The Armstrong-Indiana area has it's own issues, too. But there are solu...

Armstrong County is near the top of the list in Pennsylvania in an unfortunate category: The number of deaths per capita caused by heroin. And it’s a ...

Wednesday, 12:52 a.m., patrol responded to a heroin overdose on North First Street. One person was found unresponsive, and was then revived and transp...

OLEAN — Cattaraugus County heroin overdoses have decreased in early fall — something attributed to several large drug busts, the Cattaraugus County Bo...