social issues

OLEAN — Hoping to spread mental health awareness in Cattaraugus County and reduce judgments associated with it, the Family Voice Advocacy Committee re...

Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski said the lack of a state budget and meaningful progress toward cutting a more than $250 billion spending plan offered by D...

BRADFORD, Pa. — For the 15th consecutive year, the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has received recognition for its support of active military an...

SALAMANCA — Cattaraugus Community Action, Inc. announces the combination of four significant grant awards will be used to launch a comprehensive proje...

OLEAN — Southern Tier Health Care System, Inc. has introduced Wellbeing+, a free app designed to support health and wellness in Cattaraugus, Allegany ...

OLEAN — The Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce’s April virtual Lunch & Learn Series speaker is Walter Peretti, associate workers’ compensation exa...

BRADFORD, Pa. — The Pavilion at Bradford Regional Medical Center plans an open house hiring event for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 3. The Pavilion is hirin...

Following a proposed $360 million cut in federal funds to New York’s health and human services programs announced Wednesday by the Trump administratio...

Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski said New York needs to do more to support victims of human trafficking, prevent exploitation of women and minors and bring...

BELMONT — The Allegany County Department of Health plans a series of focus group discussions as part of its ongoing Community Health Assessment (CHA)....

ST. BONAVENTURE — One of the country’s leading social science researchers on homelessness and assisted housing policy, Dr. Dennis P. Culhane, will dis...

EMPORIUM, Pa. — Former Cameron County school teacher and wrestling coach Larry McGraw was sentenced to serve 2 to 5 years in state prison for child po...

Person Centered Services and six other care coordination organizations (CCO) are the only entities that address the comprehensive care needs of people...

Local unemployment rose in January, on par with the rates reported a year ago this month, according to state labor officials. The state Department of ...

ALBANY — A lawsuit against New York alleging sexual abuse decades ago was tossed out by the state's top court Tuesday because it lacked specific infor...

Spurred by advocacy, President Ronald Reagan declared March to be Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in 1987. The deinstitutionalization movem...

Elon Musk’sDepartment of Government Efficiency(DOGE) is set to shut down 47 Social Security Administrationfield offices nationwide — and three in New ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — As the cost of food continues to rise, 53% of New Yorkers have taken on additional debt in the past 12 months as they struggle to fee...