social issues

CUBA — The Cuba Library will host a group conversation on Tuesday, Aug. 20 at 10:30 a.m. on how the library can be made more accessible to those with ...

Free money makes people less likely to work. If common sense doesn’t convince you of that, a new study should. In July, a National Bureau of Economic ...

MINEOLA — Lawmakers in a suburban New York county have approved a bill to ban masks in public places with exemptions for people who cover their faces ...

OLEAN — The Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation is accepting applications for the Mental Wellness Fund in Cattaraugus County. Applications will be...

BUFFALO — Federal prosecutors and Community Bank, N.A., have agreed to a settlement to resolve allegations of violations of the Americans with Disabil...

Goodwill of Western New York has received a $219,205 Workforce Inclusion grant from the Center for Workforce Inclusion, Inc. Nearly 90% of the grant —...

OLEAN — Local officials hope to help new mothers close the gap on breastfeeding support. The Cattaraugus County Department of Health and WIC staff mar...

OLEAN — Participants at Total Senior Care are creating cards for recovering veterans and military members through Help Heal Veterans, which provides t...

ALBANY — A proposed amendment to New York’s Constitution that’s intended to protect abortion rights might appear on the ballot this fall without any m...

WEST VALLEY — The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) and CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV), its cleanup contractor at the W...

OLEAN — SUNY Jamestown Community College celebrated students who completed the first section of the new Direct Support Professional microcredentials p...

SALAMANCA — Drugs, vagrancy, trespassing, robbery, dangerous driving, sexual assault, abandoned houses — these are just some of the ongoing issues cit...

OLEAN — SUNY Jamestown Community College celebrated students who completed the first section of the new Direct Support Professional microcredentials p...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Dr. Jonathan Chitiyo, associate professor of education at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, has published a new book about tea...

Area unemployment rates in June stayed relatively flat, mirroring trends at the state and national level. According to the state Department of Labor, ...

ANGELICA — With the Allegany County Fair as a backdrop, state Sen. Tom O’Mara paid tribute to a veteran selected earlier this year as a 2024 inductee ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — For 50 years, St. Bonaventure University’s student-run Warming House has been addressing food insecurity in the Olean area. In recog...

OLEAN — United Way of Cattaraugus & Allegany Counties announces $170,540 in grants have been awarded to 19 service organizations within Allegany Count...