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Editor’s Note: This commentary, the result of a collaboration between the Olean Times Herald and interviewer Marcia Kelly, gives voice to area residen...

The president told journalist Bob Woodward that he knew in early February of this year exactly how lethal COVID-19 is, that it is an airborne infectio...

Rioting and looting. Driving through crowds and shooting. These criminal acts, the work of extremists, threaten to drown out legitimate demands for re...

Editor’s Note: This commentary, the result of a collaboration between the Olean Times Herald and interviewer Marcia Kelly, gives voice to area people ...

It’s always tempting to write about politics in portentous terms: Joe Biden as the last Irish Catholic Democrat, passing the torch to a new multi-ethn...

CHICAGO — The union between Black Lives Matter and mainstream America has been tenuous from the start. Last week, it may have been irreparably severed...

In-person visits have resumed at both of Cattaraugus County’s nursing homes. The visits are outside under a tent. After closing to family and friends ...

After a couple weeks of feeling overwhelmed and even a bit blue in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the U.S., staff members at Penn Yan Centr...

Editor’s Note: This commentary, the result of a collaboration between the Olean Times Herald and interviewer Marcia Kelly, gives voice to area citizen...

The president of the Seneca Nation believes recent discussion about the official seal of New York City reveals “cultural appropriation” and “yet anoth...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Halo wasn’t the kind of rescue dog everybody wanted, or that anybody wanted, for nearly a year. Surrendered by her owners after t...

ALLEGANY — With the start of classes just around the corner at St. Bonaventure University, Allegany Police Chief Chris Baker is determining how to enc...

OLEAN — Over the years, Dr. Barry Broughton has taught kids how to defend themselves against bullying at his AKT Combatives Academy. Recently, his fri...

Another presidential election is approaching, which means Russian election interference is back in the news. Maybe you’ve already made up your mind ab...

The question was asked: What is the Christian role in racial reconciliation? The Christian role in dealing with racial issues is, in my opinion, to fo...

BUFFALO (TNS ) — Another statue is coming down amid protests calling for social change and racial equality, this time in Western New York. WKB W repor...

OLEAN — Occasional heated comments toward city leadership on race — or a perceived lack thereof — punctuated a packed town hall Thursday on racism and...

ALBANY (AP) — Amid controversies over monuments of historical figures in dozens of communities, a group of volunteers in Plattsburgh has found a way t...