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SALAMANCA — As the Salamanca Common Council approved its tentative budget for 2020-21, the aldermen and mayor breathed a collective sigh of relief kno...

The fishing is free this weekend, the first of several Free Fishing Weekends planned in New York state in 2020. Residents don’t need a license to fish...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed said weeks ago he planned to share his concerns over New York’s Green Light law with officials at the Department of Homeland Securi...

Local and New York gas prices continue to drop as the most-posted price for regular in Olean on Monday was $2.69, down 3 cents from last week. In New ...

LITTLE VALLEY — On Wednesday, Cattaraugus County lawmakers will review a resolution asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reconsider plans to shift Medicaid cos...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — A Trump administration decision to bar New Yorkers from enrolling in “trusted traveler” programs will immediately affect 80,000 sta...

ALBANY (TNS) — Two members of the state Legislature are launching a new effort to try to figure out why so many people are leaving New York. Republica...

ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello, R-Bemus Point, has been named ranking member of the Senate Budget and Revenues Committee. “I am proud to be named...

ALBANY (TNS) — The State Legislature’s first joint budget hearing of the year got off to a stormy start. Protesters briefly flooded a hearing on envir...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County Sheriff Timothy Whitcomb was elected to serve as a member of the New York State Sheriffs’ Association’s Executive C...

ALLEGANY — A fire reported at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Potter Lumber Company kept firefighters on the scene until 4:30 a.m. Thursday, Allegany Volu...

ALBANY (TNS) — More homeowners would have to wait for a check in the mail to get their STAR savings on their school taxes under a proposal unveiled Tu...

BELMONT — Data from a New York State Department of Health annual report on opioid overdose deaths showed Allegany County deaths at two in 2018, the la...

BINGHAMTON — As Corey Kane scoped out the more than 50 employers pitching their openings at a recent Binghamton region job fair, he knew, in the back ...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed said he is “not ruling out” a run to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the state’s top job. The Corning Republican, during his weekly...

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State address Wednesday was “long, but shorts on facts,” according to Assemblyman Joseph Giglio. “My take-aw...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — As 14 counties in eastern Pennsylvania are under quarantine for the invasive spotted lanternfly, New York state is doing what it can ...

The so-called Buffalo Bills Mafia is gaining more and more of a reputation nationally for its members’ avid support of their beloved NFL team. Many me...