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, Nation World
Jan 27, 2021
Long a stalwart defender of the First Amendment, the American media is now having second thoughts. For decades, it was a commonplace sentiment among j...
Allegany County News, Business, Local News
Jan 25, 2021
ALFRED — Matthew Burr, an adjunct business instructor at Alfred State College, has published a new book, “Slay the Student Loan Dragon: Tips and Trick...
Lifestyle, Local News, News
Dec 12, 2020
I met him only once. It was 21 years ago, in Athens, Greece, on the occasion of a speech he gave growing out of his wartime exploits as a British spec...
Cattaraugus County, Local News
Dec 12, 2020
PORTVILLE — Area residents are invited to share in the beauty and fun of the holidays at Pfeiffer Nature Center’s Lillibridge property where staff hav...
Local Columnists
Dec 08, 2020
Editor’s Note: For the past several months, the Olean Times Herald, in collaboration with interviewer Marcia Kelly, has published a series of articles...
Lifestyle, Local News, News
Nov 20, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE — The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure Universit y has published a new volume of articles on the theology, philosophy and spiri...
Nov 11, 2020
For days now I’ve been trying to figure out how to tell you something that I promised to tell you a long time ago, if it ever came to pass. Which, muc...
Cattaraugus County, Local News
Nov 06, 2020
OLEAN — The Olean Public Library will host its Brown Bag Book Club in online meetings via Zoom on Nov. 17 and Dec. 15, at 12:30 p.m. both days. Novemb...
Allegany County News, Lifestyle, Local News, ...
Oct 31, 2020
The 20th novel by Alfred University alumnus Robert Littell — “Comrade Koba” — will appear in bookstores nationwide Nov. 10. Published by Overlook Pres...
Lifestyle, Local News
Oct 12, 2020
OLEAN — The Olean Public Library will host its Brown Bag Book Club in an online meeting via Zoom at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 20. The book selection for October...
Leters to the Editor
Sep 28, 2020
Nicholas Waddy, a blatherskite if there ever was one, is sure that Black Lives Matter is “a hate group determined to malign the police, white people a...
Leters to the Editor
Sep 28, 2020
This is in response to a letter to the editor in the Sept. 19 edition by Dale Smith: Dear Mr. Smith, This registered Republican will be voting for Joe...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Sep 22, 2020
You can get lost in the Auschwitz Memorial Twitter feed. When I visited that infamous German WWII concentration camp during the summer before our last...
Cattaraugus County, Local News
Sep 05, 2020
OLEAN — A local professional with success in journalism, marketing and nonprofit grant writing aims to help organizations and others excel through bet...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Aug 28, 2020
PORTVILLE — It was the fact that he didn’t get “that last hug from mom” before he left on a trip across the country — which almost killed him — that a...
Aug 22, 2020
Robert Littell’s 20th novel, “KOBA,” based on the life of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, is scheduled for Nov. 2 publication by Abrams/Overlook in...
Allegany County News, Coronavirus, Local News, ...
Aug 04, 2020
ALFRED — A new case of COVID-19 was reported in Allegany County on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Alfred State College officials announced students have begun re...
Lifestyle
Jul 30, 2020
DEAR HARRIETTE: I had a dream of writing a book, and in 2014 I rented a house on the beach and spent five weeks writing. I made good progress and was ...
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...
