Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 10, 2023
Not all conspiracy theories are created equal. The same people who pride themselves on rigorously insisting on the facts — ideally, explained in the d...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 19, 2022
During the run-up to the 2016 election, Donald Trump used Twitter brilliantly. He had a talent for writing messages that were interesting or outrageou...
News, NY State News
Oct 27, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Post fired an employee on Thursday for putting false and racist content targeting politicians on the newspaper's website ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Oct 07, 2022
Elon Musk is about to pollute the country’s discourse, and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop him. This is the alarm going up about the eccentric b...
News, Western New York
Aug 23, 2022
ROCHESTER (AP) — A Rochester couple who a Black firefighter accused of throwing a racist pool party this summer mocking the Juneteenth holiday said Tu...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Aug 01, 2022
Conservatives may have noticed the recent spat between Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Trump called Musk a “bull-- — artist”, and Musk replied that it was...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Apr 27, 2022
One of the world’s most influential social media platforms will soon be under the private ownership of the world’s richest person. Elon Musk’s $44 bil...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Apr 27, 2022
New Twitter owner Elon Musk is vowing to reform the social media platform. “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Feb 26, 2022
President Donald Trump’s social media competitor to Twitter — called Truth Social — has gone public. The app proclaims itself to be “America’s ‘Big Te...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Feb 08, 2022
Am I really about to defend someone with a $100 million deal? Yep. In case you don’t know, Joe Rogan is one of the most popular podcast hosts in the w...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, News
Nov 05, 2021
There is a new initiative to support veterans of all military conflicts, with a special emphasis on the veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, called Opera...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Sep 29, 2021
How does a stupid and ridiculous lie come to be embraced and promulgated by top officials of the United States government? Well, as it turns out, it's...
News
Sep 01, 2021
OLEAN — Want a way to beat the heat? Hit the ice. The ice rink at the William O. Smith Recreation Center is open for business, city officials reported...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jul 12, 2021
Former President Donald Trump’s lawsuits against Twitter, Google and Facebook for kicking him off their platforms are sure losers, legally speaking. T...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Apr 08, 2021
It started as one of those ridiculous controversies of the Trump era. In May and June 2017, then-President Donald Trump blocked a few Twitter trolls w...
Local News, News, Western New York
Dec 30, 2020
With a social media post on Monday, Hayleigh Federowicz combined two of her passions: music and the Buffalo Bills. The result was an overnight hit she...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Dec 17, 2020
Looking at reporting and discussion of the 2020 presidential campaign, has any word been misused as often as “misinformation”? In much political debat...
Health
Nov 01, 2020
With winter fast approaching, Troop Ben Gardner is expecting the unexpected, as he says all motorists should when there’s snow and ice on the roadways...
Local News, News
June 14, 2025
OLEAN — The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War. In 2025 his caus...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
