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June 10, 2025
GREAT VALLEY — Another wave of severe storms passed through the area Monday evening, with a reported tornado causing significant damage to homes and o...
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Jun 02, 2022
The 2021 whitetail deer harvest in Cattaraugus County mirrored the statewide harvest, which was down 16.8% from 2020. New York hunters harvested 211,2...
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Nov 19, 2021
Acorns often are a key to a successful deer hunt. In 2021, with New York’s big game game season getting underway Saturday, acorns are hard to find. Th...
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Sep 17, 2021
A special youth-only pheasant hunting weekend will be held in Western New York Oct. 9-10, with pheasants stocked on public lands in Cattaraugus County...
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May 13, 2021
LITTLE VALLEY — There was no question that a law allowing 12- and 13-year-old deer hunters under a pilot state law would be approved by Cattaraugus Co...
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Apr 10, 2021
Hunters in Cattaraugus County shot 47 black bears in 2020, five fewer than the year before, according to a state Department of Environmental Conservat...
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Nov 25, 2020
State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos recently announced a new statewide photo and essay contest for hunters ...
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Nov 20, 2020
Everything points to a good year for New York’s firearms season for deer and bear, which opens Saturday in the Southern Zone. New York big game huntin...
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Oct 06, 2020
New York deer are being felled by an insect-borne disease and, as hunting season is underway, state wildlife officials are asking hunters to report in...
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Feb 05, 2020
The 2019 hunting seasons were the safest on record in New York state, with 12 shooting injuries and one death, the Department of Environmental Conserv...
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Nov 19, 2019
RANDOLPH — A state Department of Environmental Conservation forest ranger teamed with emergency personnel on Nov. 5 to rescue a hunter who had been ha...
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Nov 18, 2019
RANDOLPH — A state Department of Environmental Conservation forest ranger teamed with emergency personnel on Nov. 5 to rescue a hunter who had been ha...
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Nov 16, 2019
New York’s regular big game season for deer and bear in the Southern Zone starts Saturday and runs through Dec. 8. The season for early bowhunters, wh...
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Aug 31, 2019
ALBANY — New York hunting and trapping licenses and permits for the 2019-2020 season are now on sale. Hunters can make a purchase at any one of DEC’s ...
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Oct 24, 2018
ELLICOTTVILLE — Although the air was crisp and rainy, the spirits were active the night of Oct. 12 when about a dozen people gathered in downtown Elli...
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Apr 27, 2018
Preliminary data from the 2017 deer harvest show more Southern Tier hunters appear to want to wait for an older buck. “The trend lately has been a lar...
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Dec 01, 2017
Four hunting fatalities — including one fatal shooting incident in neighboring Chautauqua County — have marred the 2017 Big Game Season in New York. R...
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Nov 16, 2017
Wet and wintry weather may put a damper on the opening of this weekend’s opener of the traditional gun season for deer and bear. All signs indicate a ...
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Nov 30, 2016
A year after New York state recorded its safest hunting season in 60 years in 2015, three hunters have been killed in accidental shootings since the s...
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June 12, 2025
WEST VALLEY — Bryan Bower has served as the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management’s (EM) director of the West Valley Demo...
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June 12, 2025
150 Years June 17, 1875: HEAVY FROST — One of the most severe frosts ever known for the time of year occurred Sunday and Monday nights (June 13 and 14...
Opinion
June 12, 2025
My own private radio After years of hemming and hawing, I finally did it — I signed up for SiriusXM radio. No offense to the local radio stations that...
Opinion
June 12, 2025
For the love of cars I love cars, and I love to attend car shows. The American Legion in Randolph had a big one this past Sunday that showcased about ...
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June 11, 2025
June 12 – Summer at Stone House Event at Cattaraugus County Museum, Machias. Mark Jones will present “Bands and Bandsmen of the Civil War.” Free. Call...
