Business

MACHIAS — Brian Andrews plans to grow around 1,100 acres of soybeans in fields across Cattaraugus County this year — about the same as in 2017. It’s n...

CATTARAUGUS — When Patrick Cullen learned last week that the Crawford House Hotel had received a $1.5 million state grant toward its restoration, he r...

ASHFORD JUNCTION — A reminder of days gone by at Ashford Junction — a once highly-populated area where Routes 242 and 240 — is the Ashford Junction Di...

SALAMANCA — Local businessmen Lance and Lane Hoag and Richard Frank have purchased the old St. Patrick’s church and school at 79 River St. with plans ...

ELLICOTTVILLE — The Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency took steps Tuesday toward the purchase of an Olean-area building that could becom...

ELLICOTTVILLE — The ski and snowboard season has officially begun, and with it comes the excitement for skiers of getting back to the slopes and getti...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Ellicottville Distillery is about to launch New York Craft Honey Spirit — made with locally crafted honey, according to Distiller Brya...

ELLICOTTVILLE — The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cattaraugus County celebrated the start of its third year Monday night. “It’s been a fast two yea...

LITTLE VALLEY — Three former industrial sites in Cattaraugus County, where property taxes have not been paid in years, are part of a new program aimed...

ELLICOTTVILLE — This year will likely be a record year for the Cattaraugus County bed tax. Through the first three quarters of 2017, the county’s 5 pe...

Cattaraugus County is one of only three Western New York counties that had the same number of workers in jobs last month as in October 2016 — 31,800. ...

SALAMANCA — To spread good will for the upcoming holiday season, employees from the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) and its subcontractors ga...

GOWANDA — Thomas Militello has a passion for making glass art, especially marbles. He creates his wondrous art in his studio located on a hill overloo...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers will vote Wednesday on a proposed allocation of 2018 bed tax revenues. The Development and Agriculture Co...

SALAMANCA — This is the season of giving and sharing. With that in mind, Hometown Rent to Own will be handing out free “Thanksgiving Feasts” to 100 pe...

DAYTON — The Western New York Food Bank recently presented Dayton Food Pantry with the 2017 Agency of the Year Award for Cattaraugus County. According...

STEAMBURG — Less than six months after ground was broken, the Seneca Nation of Indians celebrated its latest step toward energy independence this morn...

KILLBUCK — Roadside Café opened earlier this month in the former location of the Pyramid Inn, a familiar location along Route 417 that gives local din...