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More and more folks are starting to talk about — and make their plans for — the total solar eclipse that is coming up on April 8. We were contacted th...

OLEAN — Cattaraugus County Planning is hosting a public meeting from 10 a.m. to noon March 19 in the Magnano room at Jamestown Community College Catta...

Millions for defense, but not one cent for Ukraine. That’s the rallying cry of opponents of a new $60 billion tranche of aid for Ukraine led by Ohio’s...

OLEAN — David and Barbara Hastings, among the Olean YMCA’s 38th annual Salute to Olean honorees, share a remarkable journey that intertwines their sha...

Former Olean resident Mildred Milliman had a passion for philanthropy, and her giving spirit is still positively impacting the Olean community. The Mi...

OLEAN — Cattaraugus County Concerned Citizens, an environmental and health watchdog over the past four decades, is seeking new members in order to car...

BRADFORD, Pa. — The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will host Fileve Tlaloc’s exhibition “Coloured Pots: izikhamba kwamaKaladi” from Feb. 22 to M...

OLEAN — Leadership Cattaraugus has announced its 2024 class of 25 participants, who began their training with a retreat in January at SUNY Jamestown C...

ALBANY (TNS) — Half of New York’s dairy farms from a decade ago no longer exist as rising production costs and national market changes have shuttered ...

OLEAN — The Olean YMCA’s 38th annual Salute to Olean will be held March 7 with seven Olean-area residents honored for their commitment to the communit...

OLEAN — The desire to offer a tuition-free primary school by Olean Academy Charter School continues with plans for a final application attempt to subm...

This winter has been an unusual one for our area. Temperatures have been way above average and snowfall has been way below average. I’m not complainin...

A successful spy and international intrigue novelist who has a connection to our Southern Tier region has published his 21st book. The novel by Alfred...

SAN FRANCISCO (TNS) — Age matters, but so do words. While pundits debate President Joe Biden’s cognitive fitness for office and the possible motivatio...

The poet Robert Frost once said that a liberal is someone too broad-minded to take his own side in a fight. What would he say about those on the right...

GOWANDA — Assemblyman Joseph Giglio hosted a roundtable discussion Thursday to address the growing overdose and fentanyl crisis and develop strategies...

JAMESTOWN — The spring semester at SUNY Jamestown Community College is well underway on the college’s physical campuses — and at Collins Correctional ...

Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1818, never knew the precise date he was born, but later chose Feb. 14 as his birthdate. This week, we urge a...