tourism

OLEAN — They’ve climbed volcanoes, snorkeled in a cove and taken a night hike through a rainforest. Following their adventures on trips to South Ameri...

JAMESTOWN — Jamestown Community College will conduct six virtual open houses for prospective students throughout the month of March and into early Apr...

ALBANY (TNS) — For the state’s tourism industry, 2019 was a very good year. But 2020, not so much. Travel demand dropped nearly by half, costing hundr...

PORTVILLE — Beginning Friday, through the month of February, a new storybook adventure will happen along our Storybook Reading Trail for the young rea...

I first traveled to Egypt on newspaper assignments in 1994. Four years later, I returned for a closer look at this endlessly fascinating country, but ...

CUBA — Start the New Year right by getting outdoors on Jan. 1 and joining a First Day Event on the Greenway offered by the Genesee Valley Greenway Sta...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Cuomo on Monday asked a trio of airlines to require negative COVID tests for travelers flying into New York from the United Kingdo...

I met him only once. It was 21 years ago, in Athens, Greece, on the occasion of a speech he gave growing out of his wartime exploits as a British spec...

When you board a commercial airliner, you know there are certain risks that go with this mode of transportation. You may be placed next to someone wit...

WELLSVILLE — It was 70 years ago, on Nov. 25, 1950, that Ted Galutia and Jean Piper were married in Olean. The evening’s weather included a snow storm...

ALBANY (TNS) — If you’re traveling outside of New York for the holidays, or have friends and family coming here from another state, make sure you know...

ALBANY (TNS) — New Yorkers should keep Thanksgiving celebrations virtual this year to guard against spreading the coronavirus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said ...

There’s no question about it: the last several months have been different, to say the least. On top of the usual political controversies and other gen...

BRADFORD, Pa. — The Allegheny National Forest is extending the ATV/OHM trail riding season through Oct. 12 for four of the five permitted trails. The ...

PORTVILLE — It was the fact that he didn’t get “that last hug from mom” before he left on a trip across the country — which almost killed him — that a...

A recent uptick in COVID-19 cases in Western New York prompted Gov. Andrew Cuomo to open eight rapid-testing sites at regional centers in Erie, Niagar...

OLEAN — Bruce and Donna Gustason of Happy Hollow Road celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary today. The former Donna J. Hendryx exchanged vows with ...

The coronavirus pandemic has put a big hit on tourism, which is big business in Cattaraugus County and throughout Western New York. Millions in sales ...