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Nature’s pollinators, such as such as bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, are critical to both New York state’s environment and agricultural economy —...

In the wake of last week’s shooting at a Republican congressional baseball team practice Rep. Tom Reed said Tuesday he and his staff have discussed se...

From a call to arms in the first Great War to a call to arms in the next, from graduates entering an uncertain world to Bradford netting its first Dav...

BELMONT — Despite scant directions, legislative hurdles and ever-present state mandates, locals will convene a meeting next week to iron out new share...

BELMONT -- Despite scant directions, legislative hurdles and ever-present state mandates, locals will convene a meeting next week to iron out new shar...

BELMONT — Two-thirds of a million dollars from the state will help the Allegany County Public Defender’s Office provide counsel at arraignments for hu...

With much fanfare, Gov. Cuomo recently announced the state’s new Excelsior Scholarship, described as “making public college tuition-free.” It is sched...

Area officials waging war on the heroin and opioid epidemic lauded the state Legislature for including $200 million in the 2017-18 budget to set up mo...

Private colleges across New York state are calculating their next steps in light of the state’s new Excelsior Scholarship program, which will provide ...

School districts in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties will receive $316.3 million in state education aid next school year, an increase of $13.7 millio...

State lawmakers found good and not so good things in the $153.1 billion budget passed Sunday. State Sen. Catharine Young, R-Olean, and Assemblyman Jos...

Assemblyman Joseph Giglio thought the deal was done. After long negotiations in Albany he believed that a state budget had been hammered out as of Wed...

BELMONT — Allegany County legislators issued rebukes to the state on Monday, criticizing a plan to make state college tuition free for many residents ...

SALAMANCA — “Nothing has changed,” Salamanca Mayor Michael Smith said Friday. Smith was referring to the Seneca Nation’s announcement Wednesday that u...

NEW YORK — A federal judge ruled Friday that UPS ignored “red flags” that its brown trucks were being used to transport untaxed cigarettes from Indian...

OLEAN — Local teachers picketed Friday afternoon outside State Sen. Catharine Young’s office, holding signs asking her to withdraw support of charter ...

SALAMANCA — The Seneca Nation of Indians plans to make its last payment to New York state on April 1 under the 2002 Seneca Gaming Compact, representin...

State leaders, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo, are claiming a move to shift the burden of Medicaid off of counties is just a ploy to garner votes in the ...