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ALLEGANY — Due to a confluence of rising costs and a desire not to cut student programs, the Allegany-Limestone Board of Education may have to conside...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Recently released government data hammered home what we have known for at least a year: A national housing shortage, not broad-base...

DEAR RUSTY: I will be 64 in March and currently receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) payments. My full retirement age is 67, but I’m th...

COUDERSPORT, Pa. — The annual Property Tax/Rent Rebate Clinics hosted by state Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, will conclude next week, though assi...

CUBA — Cuba Circulating Library has been selected as one of 310 libraries to participate in round two of Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessibl...

SALAMANCA — Cattaraugus and Wyoming Counties Project Head Start announces the upcoming Family Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser, to be held at Holy Cross At...

OLEAN — The United Way of Cattaraugus & Allegany Counties (UWCAC) has opened its annual grant application process, which will run to March 29. Cattara...

NEW YORK (TNS) — A majority of New York state voters say unemployment benefits are too low and should be raised, according to a new poll commissioned ...

SALAMANCA — With the district-wide vote less than three months away, the Salamanca City Central School is beginning to shape its preliminary numbers f...

LITTLE VALLEY — Two non-profit groups — Goodwill of Western New York and NYSARC Inc., Cattaraugus and Niagara Counties Chapter — have agreed to provid...

BELMONT — Lower-income homeowners in Allegany County are eligible to apply for state-funded housing improvements through ACCORD. The county’s nonprofi...

JAMESTOWN — The Global Learning program at SUNY Jamestown Community College is “facilitating a whole lot more than academics,” Rudi Andalora, project ...

OLEAN — A collaboration between the city of Olean and InTandem on a playground and accessibility project at Marcus Park moved another step forward Tue...

OLEAN — The end is in sight for the Olean City School District’s ongoing capital improvement project. Business Administrator Jenny Bilotta updated the...

The Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau announces this week’s featured Youth Citizenship Award recipient is Nik Ondus. He is the son of Mark and Tamara On...

New York City will provide migrants with $53 million worth of prepaid debit cards under a controversial new program that critics say will draw more as...

The federal Office of Refugee Resettlement spent $20 billion over the last two years on “refugee and entrant assistance” for those entering the countr...

OLEAN — Officials showcased a $25 million concept to reconstruct West State Street, but even if a federal grant is successful it is still five years a...