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Among the most biologically diverse watersheds in the Northeast — and a federally designated National Wild and Scenic Recreation River below the Kinzu...

Nearly two-thirds of New York State’s tax receipts are now generated by the personal income tax, or PIT, which relies disproportionately on the highes...

Imagine Houghton without Houghton or Ithaca without Ithaca. Elmira without Elmira or Utica without Utica. Now imagine Allegany and Olean without St. B...

Eric Talbot, Cuba-Rushford Teachers’ Association president, knows most local public school funding comes from New York state, but he worries states wi...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim n...

ALBANY (AP) — New York charter school advocates are emboldened by promises from state Senate leadership and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to increase funding for ...

BUFFALO (AP) — They don't mean to sound ungrateful, but ... New York public college students who would stand to gain from the nation's most ambitious ...

In his proposed 2017-18 budget, Governor Andrew Cuomo is calling for repeal of New York’s Foundation Aid Formula, the 2007 law responding to the landm...

OLEAN — A $1.5 million state grant for work in the Olean Rail Yard was announced Wednesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany...

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington, Massachusetts and New York are becoming the first states to sue the Trump administration with filings announced this week o...

1917 Jan. 30 — Young Maynard Tompkins of Austin, Pa., was accused of raising the sum of $30 on what police are saying are forged checks. Hitting local...

T he New York state lottery system and buying tickets — say, at the corner convenience store — is such a part of life for many today that it is to be ...

BELMONT — Allegany County officials will ask the state to aid a new program to help the poor with legal counsel at arraignment, while legislators are ...

1917 Jan. 24 — In an editorial, the Evening Times backs the creation of a state constabulary to augment local police forces across the state. In an er...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed said Thursday he hopes to serve as a bipartisan bridge between House and Senate members and the White House. Reed, R-Corning, an ea...

OLEAN — Local officials Wednesday got a closer look at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new executive budget proposal, which intends to reduce taxes while investin...

GENEVA — Bob Hayssen and Phil Beckley hopped into Hayssen’s Hummer this morning for a road trip to Friday’s inauguration of Donald Trump as President ...

I was in despair over the article in the Jan. 7 edition of the Olean Times Herald about proposed free tuition for New York state college students from...