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Salamanca man charged with murder in city

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Salamanca man charged with murder in city

September 27, 2025

SALAMANCA — A Salamanca man was being held for the murder of another person in the city, Salamanca police reported Saturday. Andrew C. Skye, 35, of 31...

Erie County has declared a measles outbreak

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Erie County has declared a measles outbreak

Apr 16, 2025

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A western Pennsylvania county has officially declared it has a measles outbreak. The Erie County Health Department (ECDH) said in a...

Measles not yet in Catt. County, but outbreaks continue across U.S.

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Measles not yet in Catt. County, but outbreaks continue across U.S.

KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com

Mar 11, 2025

OLEAN — While New York is one of nine states across the country with current measles outbreaks, there are no known cases in Cattaraugus County. A quar...

Deb’s Pressing Issue

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Deb’s Pressing Issue

Salamanca Press

Feb 06, 2025

Bird flu is ravaging the poultry industry yet again. We hear about it all the time because it hits every year. Over 148 million domestic fowl have bee...

Fentanyl leading cause of rising opioid deaths in Cattaraugus County

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Fentanyl leading cause of rising opioid deaths in Cattaraugus County

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Nov 02, 2023

Opioid deaths so far this year in Cattaraugus County are more than twice the number of overdose deaths from 2020. Cattaraugus County’s public health d...

Health officials: Flu/COVID vaccine clinics off to good start

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Health officials: Flu/COVID vaccine clinics off to good start

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Oct 04, 2023

FRANKLINVILLE — Cattaraugus County Health Department officials are satisfied with the initial rollout of the 2023 influenza and COVID-19 vaccine clini...

County’s January COVID-19 data much better than a year ago

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County’s January COVID-19 data much better than a year ago

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Feb 01, 2023

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County’s COVID-19 statistics last month are markedly better than in January 2022 when there were a record 4,738 cases and ...

COVID anxiety down in 2022 due to vaccine, medicines

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COVID anxiety down in 2022 due to vaccine, medicines

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Dec 30, 2022

There appears to be less anxiety over COVID-19 in 2022 as Cattaraugus County weathered a third year of the pandemic, Public Health Director Dr. Kevin ...

Despite COVID uptick, counties and state to end reports

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Despite COVID uptick, counties and state to end reports

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Dec 26, 2022

At the end of this week, the Cattaraugus County Health Department will stop issuing its daily COVID-19 reports that started over 2½ years ago. Since t...

Uptick in Cattaraugus County COVID cases is not unexpected

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Uptick in Cattaraugus County COVID cases is not unexpected

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Dec 19, 2022

OLEAN — Halfway through December, reports of COVID-19 cases in Cattaraugus County are on the rise, just in time for gatherings associated with Christm...

County influenza cases outnumbered COVID-19 in November

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County influenza cases outnumbered COVID-19 in November

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Dec 09, 2022

OLEAN — Cattaraugus County health officials reported more cases of influenza last month than COVID-19. Public Health Director Dr. Kevin D. Watkins sai...

County headed toward a ‘tri-demic’ this influenza season

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County headed toward a ‘tri-demic’ this influenza season

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Nov 03, 2022

OLEAN — Like the rest of New York state and much of the U.S., Cattaraugus County is facing a triple threat as winter approaches, Public Health Directo...

Cattaraugus County reports 683 COVID cases in October, 7 deaths

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Cattaraugus County reports 683 COVID cases in October, 7 deaths

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Nov 01, 2022

Cattaraugus County reported 683 cases of COVID-19 in October and six deaths. Both the number of cases and deaths are down from September when there we...

County reports 150 COVID-19 cases, one death in October

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County reports 150 COVID-19 cases, one death in October

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Oct 10, 2022

Cattaraugus County reported 150 residents tested positive for COVID-19 in the first seven days of October. There was one death this week due to COVID-...

September saw 848 COVID cases, 8 deaths in Cattaraugus County

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September saw 848 COVID cases, 8 deaths in Cattaraugus County

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Oct 05, 2022

OLEAN — Another Cattaraugus County resident died of COVID-19 complications on Sept. 29 — the 269th victim since the pandemic started in March 2020 and...

Cattaraugus County reports 540 cases of COVID so far this month

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Cattaraugus County reports 540 cases of COVID so far this month

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Sep 20, 2022

Cattaraugus County has reported more than 500 COVID-19 cases so far this month and five deaths. As of Tuesday, the county health department said 540 c...

Cattaraugus County eyes boosting its polio vaccination rates

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Cattaraugus County eyes boosting its polio vaccination rates

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Sep 09, 2022

OLEAN — In light of polio cases in New York state, the Cattaraugus County Health Department will use a zip code database of residents vaccinated for p...

COVID sickens 58 residents, staff at Pines in Machias

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COVID sickens 58 residents, staff at Pines in Machias

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Sep 08, 2022

Nearly 60 residents and staff at Cattaraugus County’s Pines Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak from late...

Increasing numbers of COVID-19 not unexpected, Watkins says

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Increasing numbers of COVID-19 not unexpected, Watkins says

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Aug 31, 2022

OLEAN — Increasing COVID-19 numbers in Cattaraugus County as fall approaches was not unexpected, Dr. Kevin D. Watkins, the county’s public health dire...

Rabies vaccine baits to be dropped over northern Cattaraugus County

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Rabies vaccine baits to be dropped over northern Cattaraugus County

Aug 07, 2022

An oral wildlife rabies vaccine will be dropped by airplane over 10 northern Cattaraugus County towns as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ...

Cattaraugus County records first COVID death in a month

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Cattaraugus County records first COVID death in a month

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Jul 30, 2022

OLEAN — The Cattaraugus County Health Department on Friday reported the first COVID-19 death of a county resident in a month. The death of a 75-year-o...