LITTLE VALLEY — An Olean-area man in the Cattaraugus County Jail for a parole violation died Sunday night after being found unresponsive in his cell.
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 10 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday.
SALAMANCA — Members of the Salamanca Student Activists group have proposed a new flag be flown at Salamanca school district buildings alongside the red, white and blue.
Some areas of Cattaraugus County are doing better than others when it comes to COVID-19 vaccinations.
SALAMANCA — Officials from the school district, Seneca Nation and local government dignitaries came together Tuesday to recognize the completion of a multi-year process to renovate Veterans Memorial Park into a $16-million multi-sport facility.
SALAMANCA — The city of Salamanca is eligible for up to $592,562 in local aid from the American Rescue Plan Act, city officials learned April 28.
ELLICOTTVILLE — Nannen Arboretum Society volunteers got a lot of work done at Monday’s annual spring cleanup.
Cattaraugus County health officials reported 21 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, while also announcing a vaccination clinic set for this coming Saturday at the Jamestown Community College campus in Olean.
Cattaraugus County reported its 100th death from COVID-19 in just over 12 months.
The Cattaraugus County Department of Social Services has begun accepting applications for the 2021 Summer Youth Employment Program.
CATTARAUGUS — The Cattaraugus Free Library was recently named an “Honorable Mention” for the 2020 Joseph F. Shubert Library Excellence Award.
School districts in the Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES region will soon see world-class animations gracing their hallways, school buses, gyms and theaters.
MACHIAS — The Cattaraugus County Museum and Research Library announces an event to kick off the county’s new veterans project on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 15.
WEST VALLEY — Members of the West Valley Citizens Task Force reviewed its 1998 final report Wednesday as the U.S. Department of Energy prepares for the open-air demolition of the main plant process building.
GREAT VALLEY — Thanks to the generosity of the community and the West Herr Automotive Group, the Pierce family of Great Valley has a way to safely transport their 12-year-old son, Trenton, to his medical appointments.
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca Warrior Robotics Team earned a state qualifier title and two commendations in the annual Excelsior tournament after three days of intense drills and virtual competition.
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported Wednesday the 98th death of a county resident due to COVID-19, an 85-year-old woman who developed respiratory failure.
LITTLE VALLEY — The prospects for a proposed Cattaraugus County local law to participate in a pilot program to allow deer hunting with firearms by 12- and 13-year-olds look pretty good.
An 87-year-old woman is the latest COVID-19 death in Cattaraugus County.
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca School Board of Education has announced the availability of absentee ballots for the annual school board election and budget vote to be held May 18.
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The combined state and federal capital gains tax rate in New York would rise from the current 34.7 percent to 54.3 percent under President Biden’s American Families Plan, according to a new study from the Tax Foundation.
The public health and economic toll the coronavirus pandemic caused are well documented. Perhaps less understood are the social impacts. According to a report from Pew Research Center, young adults in the United States were more likely to be living with at least one parent in July 2020 than at any time since the Great […]
NEW YORK, May 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --
NEW YORK, May 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- International advocacy organization Global Citizen tonight announced that the VAX LIVE: The Concert to Reunite the World campaign helped mobilize over 26 million COVID-19 vaccine doses and $302 million to the ACT-Accelerator to provide equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests, treatments and other medical tools to the world's most marginalized communities and healthcare workers on the frontlines.
ALBANY – With growing concern about a drop in COVID vaccination rates in New York, the Cuomo administration and localities are looking at incentives — from free booze to ballgame tickets to retail store discounts — as a hesitancy antidote.
Nothing in Andy Herrick’s life has stopped him from playing the sport he loves. A pandemic season was no different.
RANDOLPH — The Franklinville/Ellicottville football team’s defense collected its second shutout in the last three games.
PORTVILLE — Whenever the Portville football team needed a big play, it could count on No. 31 Friday night.
With only his senior season left to play, Amos Whitcomb officially made plans to continue his lacrosse career on April 8, signing a National Letter of Intent to play the sport in college.
Medicaid expansion in Missouri is facing challenges in getting funding but it would add needed relief to rural hospitals, officials said.
She said there is still much to discover about the link between nearsightedness and digital screen time, but said the pandemic has "accelerated what already was a boom of cases."
Suicide is the No. 1 preventable cause of death in Montana for youths ages 10 to 14, according to statistics from the state’s health department.
Mississippi officials are investigating whether Fortune 500 company Centene and possibly other firms may have significantly overcharged taxpayers as they managed billions of dollars worth of state Medicaid health insurance benefits.
People familiar with harsh winters understand specific precautions must be taken to effectively contend with storms and cold temperatures. Both can be dangerous or even deadly for the unprepared or those who do not respect the power and unpredictability of nature.
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The income of the women in the small community of Bargny in Senegal depends on one thing: fish. But their livelihood has been increasingly challenged, most recently by the coronavirus pandemic. (May 10)
