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The right to vote. The right to marry whomever you love. The right to go to a decent school regardless of the color of your skin. The right to represe...

With seemingly universal political support from the New York State Senate and Assembly, a bill championed by Olean salon owners that would shield them...

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Tuesday the launch of Open FOIL NY , a new website that provides easy and unparalleled access to public record...

Two members of the S/SGT Shawn Clemens Memorial AMVETS Post 1 in Cuba were honored for their hard work and dedication to the organization earlier this...

Allegany and Cattaraugus counties were noted for some of the highest gun death and gun suicide rates in the state, according to a report released by a...

OLEAN — More projects — and some more jobs — are on the way for the Siemens facility on Paul Clark Drive, officials said, despite sour forecasts in th...

A Cattaraugus County man caught a state record black crappie in a gravel pit lake in the town of Dayton earlier this month. On May 6, William Wrightma...

Earlier this week there was a marijuana bust by the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force. On Wednesday, the Times Herald posted a poll question on i...

Fewer and fewer hunting licenses are being sold, which forecasts a crisis in wildlife funding. And if today’s antagonism toward firearms ever rids soc...

ALBANY (AP) — A culture of secrecy has long shielded state lawmakers accused of sexual harassment in New York. But advocates hope a new policy will br...

BUFFALO (AP) — New York state has cancelled plans to move a child psychiatric center in Western New York to the nearby campus of an adult mental healt...

ALBANY (AP) — The state of New York has announced a $66 million plan to repair and upgrade a stretch of the Thruway near Buffalo. Gov. Andrew Cuomo sa...

ALBANY — Lawmakers passed a $168.3 billion state budget in the early hours Saturday that includes surcharges on taxi, Uber and Lyft rides in Manhattan...

ALBANY (AP) — Here's a look at some of the key items in a new $168.3 billion state budget passed by New York state lawmakers Saturday: NYC TOLLS: In a...

While the rest of the country has recovered from the Great Recession, much of Western New York has been left behind. Nonprofits play a critical role i...

COUDERSPORT, Pa. — An occasionally heated discussion ended in disarray Monday evening, as the Coudersport Area Municipal Authority closed its public m...

OLEAN — Another Olean High School student has been arrested for allegedly making a school shooting threat and authorities said the latest threat may h...

COUDERSPORT — Add another opponent to the list of those who don’t want a hydraulic fracturing wastewater treatment facility on the headwaters of the A...