News
Nov 17, 2022
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli reported that most local taxing bodies saw higher sales tax receipts in October than they did in Oct. 2021. Cattaraugus...
News
Nov 01, 2022
September sales tax receipts were mixed in the area, the state’s fiscal watchdog reported. Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, in his monthly report on local sa...
Cattaraugus County, News
May 26, 2022
LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County ended 2021 with a $47.7 million fund balance — a $2 million increase — County Treasurer Matthew Keller told lawmake...
Business, News
May 06, 2022
Area sales tax revenues were a mixed bag in March, but the first quarter turned in double-digit increases compared to 2021. The Office of the State Co...
Business, News
Jul 26, 2021
Local sales tax collections jumped in June, state officials reported, with every local level reporting levels higher than those from before the COVID-...
Business, News, NY State News
Jun 11, 2021
ALBANY (TNS) — Small businesses in New York state that still need a cash infusion to cover costs from the COVID-19 pandemic now have access to a new p...
Allegany County News, Business, Cattaraugus County, ...
Mar 18, 2021
Local sales taxes saw mixed results in February, but most municipalities saw a decrease in collections from the year before. State Comptroller Tom DiN...
Allegany County News, Business, Cattaraugus County, ...
Feb 05, 2021
Local sales tax receipts were higher in 2020 than they were in 2019, but lower returns statewide, aid cuts and additional tax withholdings continue to...
Allegany County News, Business, Cattaraugus County, ...
Dec 18, 2020
While most counties and cities in the region saw lower sales tax receipts in November, most came in ahead of statewide losses. Across the state, local...
Allegany County News, Business, Cattaraugus County, ...
Sep 21, 2020
OLEAN — Local counties saw sales tax revenues slip again in August, according to state officials. The Office of the State Comptroller reported Thursda...
Allegany County News, Business, Cattaraugus County, ...
Aug 24, 2020
OLEAN — July saw double-digit sales tax declines across the region because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but local taxing bodies are in better shape this ...
News, Olean
Jun 26, 2020
LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County’s fund balance grew by more than $1 million by the end of 2019, according to the county’s accounting firm. Auditors...
Cattaraugus County, Coronavirus, Local News, ...
Jun 08, 2020
LITTLE VALLEY — The coronavirus pandemic has put a big dent in Cattaraugus County’s revenue. With New York state looking at a $13 billion budget short...
News, Olean
Feb 03, 2020
LITTLE VALLEY — Last year was a record year for Cattaraugus County’s sales tax receipts. The $17.1 million in 2019 county sales tax receipts is an ind...
Baseball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
Jun 23, 2019
ST. BONAVENTURE — Brian O’Connell Jr. won’t make any excuses for his team’s struggling start. The Olean Oilers owner/manager has seen his squad’s firs...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Jun 07, 2019
If there is one “big idea” that all Republicans have embraced since the 1980s Reagan era, it’s that tax cuts are always good for the economy. This con...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Aug 13, 2018
In a commentary in the July 31 edition of the Times Herald, David Shribman, executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, called attention to the “...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Nov 14, 2017
LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers will vote Wednesday on a proposed allocation of 2018 bed tax revenues. The Development and Agriculture Co...
June 16, 2025
David W. Leaskey SALAMANCA --- David W. Leaskey, 72, of Salamanca, NY, died Monday, June 9, 2025 at Olean General Hospital following a short illness. ...
June 16, 2025
David W. Leaskey SALAMANCA --- David W. Leaskey, 72, of Salamanca, NY, died Monday, June 9, 2025 at Olean General Hospital following a short illness. ...
June 16, 2025
Ruth M. Baillargeon, mother, grandmother, sister BELFAST --- Ruth M. Baillargeon, 82, of Belfast, New York, passed away Monday, June 16, 2025 at High...
June 16, 2025
Robert E. Stephens PORTVILLE === Robert E. Stephens of 24 Finch Street, passed away on Friday, June 13, 2025 at the Cuba Memorial Skilled Nursing Faci...
Commentary, Opinion
June 16, 2025
Sometimes I feel like a broken record when I talk about what’s happening in Albany — but the failures keep repeating. This year was no different. Whil...
