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August 18, 2026
OLEAN — Mayor Amy B. Sherburne advised Tuesday afternoon that East Olean residents boil their water for consumption until further notice after a water...
Articles, Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Jun 02, 2025
Rep. Nicholas Langworthy claims the GOP budget “eliminates waste, fraud and abuse” while protecting programs like Medicaid. But the “historic savings”...
Articles, Local News, News
May 30, 2025
DEAR RUSTY: I’m a retired Navy veteran who is going to be turning 65 years old this year. My question is concerning mandatory Medicare sign-up require...
Allegany County News, Articles, Cattaraugus County News, ...
May 23, 2025
Local unemployment rates continued to drop in April, state officials said, and were lower than a year ago. The state Department of Labor reported that...
Articles, Commentary, Nation World
May 23, 2025
For weeks, Republicans in Congress have haggled over cuts to Medicaid, the health care program for the poor. Some lawmakers see an opportunity to offs...
Articles, Local News, News
May 22, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — The wise minds at Moody’s Investors Service finally acknowledged last week what the other two main credit rating agencies did years a...
Local News, News, NY State News
May 12, 2025
ALBANY (TNS) — Legislation incorporated into the latest state budget in 15 years has been signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul after more than a month of negot...
Commentary, New York
May 12, 2025
ALBANY — Clifton Perez of Troy, born legally blind, has spent his life blazing trails and fighting for the rights of people with disabilities. In the ...
Local News, News
May 09, 2025
DEAR RUSTY: Does everyone need to sign up for Medicare Part A, even if you are ex-military? Or only on Medicaid, regardless of whether you are eligibl...
Business News, Local News, News
May 02, 2025
ASK RUSTY: I am writing to ask for your advice on when I should sign up or enroll in a Medicare Plan. I have submitted an early retirement application...
Local News, News, NY State News
May 02, 2025
ALBANY — New York could become the next state to authorize physicians to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill patients, under a Democrati...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County News, Local News, ...
May 01, 2025
Local unemployment decreased in March after steady bumps in January and February, on par with the rates reported a year ago this month, according to s...
Commentary, New York
Apr 28, 2025
NEW YORK — New Yorkers want a mental health system that is effective, just and benevolent. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposal to expand Kendra’s Law will ac...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Apr 25, 2025
ALBANY — A glitch in state insurance law is allowing doctors to collect Medicaid fees that are sometimes hundreds of times higher than the program nor...
Daily Headlines, Local News, News
Apr 23, 2025
A fourth resident of Olean has declared his candidacy for an Olean school board seat, and he also expresses concern about the district’s leadership an...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Apr 21, 2025
Last month, Olean Food Pantry received the kind of news that keeps me up at night: a projected 13% federal funding cut to our food distribution capaci...
Allegany County News, Business News, Daily Headlines, ...
Apr 18, 2025
WELLSVLLE — Jim Helms, president and CEO of Jones Memorial Hospital, is looking to the future with an eye on more satellite clinics and expanding the ...
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September 11, 2026
A 42-year-old Wellsville man was convicted by a federal jury of numerous drug charges — including distribution of fentanyl, which resulted in a death...
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September 11, 2026
OLEAN — SUNY Jamestown Community College celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Cattaraugus County Campus during a gathering of about 150 people Thurs...
Local News, News
September 11, 2026
OLEAN — A somber, foggy morning ceremony marked the 25th anniversary of one of the darkest chapters in American history on Friday. Several hundred res...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County News, Crime News, ...
September 11, 2026
Olean Police Thursday, 6:15 p.m. , Kimberly A. Baxter, 35, of Allegany, was charged with operating a motor vehicle while registration is suspended/rev...
Business News, Local News, News
September 11, 2026
OLEAN — The Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting Business After Hours at Tony’s Napoli, with Attendance Fund Sponsor, Armstrong, and Spec...
