State News

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers met in special session Friday to vote on a request to the State Legislature to reauthorize the county’s m...

As the debate over legalizing and taxing recreational marijuana in New York gets underway, industrial hemp, marijuana’s less potent cousin, is taking ...

RANDOLPH — Randolph Children’s Home officials issued a response the day after three teenagers in their care were charged with stealing a school bus an...

Despite a loss in her bid to become Senate minority leader, state Sen. Catharine Young, R-Olean, has been named to a high ranking leadership post in S...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has released the draft of a management plan for Upper Cattaraugus Creek fisheries for public c...

SALAMANCA — Mayor Michael “Smitty” Smith said state officials have told him the city should receive $12 million in retroactive state revenue sharing p...

ALLEGANY TERRITORY — The Seneca Nation lost an arbitration hearing with New York state over sharing of slot machine revenue, officials announced Tuesd...

LITTLE VALLEY — After 20 years without an increase in state reimbursement for Department of Motor Vehicle offices, Cattaraugus County Clerk Alan Berns...

QUAKER RUN — Lack of snow and lots of mud didn’t stop the fun at “WinterCamp 2018” where children had the opportunity to experience a three-day, overn...

SALAMANCA — On Jan. 1, Michael “Smitty” Smith was sworn in as mayor of Salamanca for his second term in the office. With two years as mayor now under ...

LITTLE VALLEY — Prosecutors are alleging last month’s fatal stabbing in Salamanca occurred during a drug-related robbery. Cattaraugus County District ...

LITTLE VALLEY — A Salamanca man appeared in a local court New Year’s Eve for the first time since authorities allege he stabbed a man to death and the...

SALAMANCA — The Salamanca Police Department has released the identity of a man stabbed more than a week ago. Salamanca police said Efrain Rivera, 45, ...

SALAMANCA — Start your new year off right! Join us at Allegany State Park for our Annual First Day Hike. Allegany’s First Day Hike offers a healthy an...

STEAMBURG — A Steamburg man was arrested Dec. 27 after reportedly making false statements to authorities that his truck was stolen. New York State Pol...

BUFFALO — The man shot following a downtown Ellicottville bar fight nearly a month ago is now in fair condition. Staff at Erie County Medical Center i...

OLEAN — For the fourth consecutive year, children from the Salamanca area were seen in the aisles of Walmart with officers from local law enforcement....

SALAMANCA — Seneca Nation President Rickey Armstrong Sr. is drawing on his previous experience as president and a tribal councilor for four years in s...