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OLEAN — If U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer still felt the sting of his Democratic Party’s setbacks on Election Day, he did his best to thr...

NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday named former New York congressman Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency as he conti...

DEAR RUSTY: I retired at my full retirement age, am now 79 and will be 80 in December. I have been working consistently since. I get a meager Social S...

The Republican victories were resounding and unmistakable — so decisive that Donald Trump’s win was projected in less than 12 hours after the polls cl...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County’s acting sheriff Eric Butler attributes his career record and experience in law enforcement to his victory over Dem...

It was a good night Tuesday — and a good early Wednesday morning — for Mark Heberling. The chairman of the Cattaraugus County Republican Committee wat...

There are lots of ways of defining the liberal elite — assistant deans, network anchors, public health officials and, yes, legacy newspaper journalist...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refus...

Former U.S. Rep. Joseph Sempolinski won his run for the state Assembly on Tuesday, defeating Great Valley town Supervisor Dan Brown. Sempolinski, ran ...

U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy was successful in his bid for re-election in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, which includes Cattaraugus and Allegany...

Over 9,000 U.S.-funded military research projects in the past decade have been co-authored with people affiliated with the Chinese government, includi...

America’s deadliest threat isn’t a foreign army or terrorist cell — it’s a synthetic opioid devastating communities across the nation. Fentanyl is the...

From laying the groundwork for Olean General Hospital and backing the GOP on Election Day to a new home for the American Legion, from a GOP bloodbath ...

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans "probably will" try to repeal legislation that spurred U.S. production of semiconductor chips...

Even though more than 50 area municipalities will see elections wrap up on Tuesday, few of the positions are seeing competitive races. In Cattaraugus ...

DEAR RUSTY: The Social Security program is funded by employees and their employers. The federal government does not contribute to the program, right? ...

OLEAN — A stroke of a pen is hoped for later this year to allow a city tax on hotel, motel and other short-term rentals. A bill passed by the state Le...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Only a gambler or a fool would predict the winner of a presidential race as close as this one. But it’s a good bet that next Tuesda...