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ALBANY — A New York state trooper who is Sikh was barred by his supervisors from growing facial hair for his wedding, despite a 2019 state law requiri...

ALBANY (TNS) — Mulling over the conspiracies pushed by Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. led me to a question: Why aren’t more p...

ANGELICA — The Allegany County Board of Legislators recognized a Friendship pharmacist and community leader as well as a longtime employee of the coun...

Wow, big news broke last week — President Biden’s campaign is officially going to be headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. For months nervous Democra...

Ron DeSantis seems to believe that his best chance of becoming the GOP presidential nominee is to be more extreme than the guy he needs to defeat, Don...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — In 1945, Hollywood set in motion its first big-budget movie drama about the making and use of the atomic bomb. Almost immediately ...

LITTLE VALLEY — There will be 230 Cattaraugus County 4-H members participating in the 2023 Cattaraugus County Fair set for July 30-Aug. 5. “That’s a l...

ALBANY (TNS) — U.S. Rep. Marc Molinaro's bill that would remove federal funding for any school or college that shelters migrants who have not been law...

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee offered U.S. Supreme Court justices an opportunity to salvage their standing with the American people on W...

It’s no secret that recent years have been tough on small businesses and on newspapers. A bipartisan bill, the Community News & Small Business Support...

QUAKER RUN — Camp Turner celebrated its centennial this past weekend, commemorating its 100th anniversary operating at Allegany State Park. The three-...

DUKE CENTER, Pa. — Even rural communities know how to do it big, and in the absence of the famed Old Home Days, coming Friday and Saturday will be the...

ALFRED — The New York Landmarks Conservancy has announced 22 Sacred Sites grants totaling $250,000 were awarded to historic religious properties throu...

OLEAN — Dignitaries cut the ribbon on the newest — and shortest — official segment of the Allegheny River Valley Trail on Wednesday. Mayor Bill Aiello...

There has been a highly political battle on Capitol Hill — actually, that’s the only kind of battle they have on Capitol Hill — over U.S. defense poli...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — It’s my full-time job but wallowing in our broken politics can sometimes make for a dark world. Why wouldn’t I look forward to goin...

ALBANY (TNS) — Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will seek to recoup millions of dollars in campaign funds that he has used to pay attorneys since 2021 to d...

House Republicans voted to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs and personnel at the Pentagon, and one wonders whether the U.S. military will ...