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    Reported tornado causes damage in Great Valley
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    Reported tornado causes damage in Great Valley
    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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    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 ...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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-...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Health officials disappointed at low turnout for COVID-19 vaccination clinic
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    Health officials disappointed at low turnout for COVID-19 vaccination clinic
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Jul 11, 2022
    OLEAN — Officials at the Cattaraugus County Health Department had hoped for a greater turnout at Saturday’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Jamestown C...
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    COVID vaccination clinic for young children at JCC Saturday
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    COVID vaccination clinic for young children at JCC Saturday
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Jul 08, 2022
    With COVID-19 cases on the upswing locally and across New York state, Cattaraugus County is offering a vaccination clinic Today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m....
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    First COVID vaccine clinic for ages 6 months to 5 years set for July 9
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    First COVID vaccine clinic for ages 6 months to 5 years set for July 9
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Jun 25, 2022
    OLEAN — The Cattaraugus County Health Department will offer its first COVID-19 vaccine clinic for children age six months to five years-old on July 9....
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    25 new COVID cases in Cattaraugus County
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    25 new COVID cases in Cattaraugus County
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Jun 21, 2022
    The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 25 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend and on Monday. Public Health Director Dr. Kevin D. Watkins sa...
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    Fifth wave of COVID picked up in Olean wastewater
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    Fifth wave of COVID picked up in Olean wastewater
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Jun 02, 2022
    OLEAN — The fifth wave of COVID-19 consisting of subvariants of the omicron variant has been confirmed through testing at the Olean wastewater treatme...
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    Cattaraugus County passes the 20,000 mark for COVID-19 cases
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    Cattaraugus County passes the 20,000 mark for COVID-19 cases
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    May 24, 2022
    After 27 months of the pandemic, Cattaraugus County surpassed the 20,000 mark for COVID-19 cases over the weekend. The county’s total number of cases ...
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    52 new COVID cases Thursday in Cattaraugus County
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    52 new COVID cases Thursday in Cattaraugus County
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    May 20, 2022
    There were 52 new COVID-19 cases reported by the Cattaraugus County Health Department Thursday. That brings the pandemic total in the county to 19,872...
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    101 COVID cases since Friday; rise in school cases
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    101 COVID cases since Friday; rise in school cases
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    May 10, 2022
    OLEAN — Cattaraugus County reported 101 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend and on Monday. Twelve cases were reported Saturday, 55 on Sunday and 34...
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    Cattaraugus County reports 47 new COVID cases
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    Cattaraugus County reports 47 new COVID cases
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    May 06, 2022
    The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 47 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday. There are currently 285 active cases. Twenty-seven of the new cas...
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    Health Rankings ‘not a rosy picture’ for Cattaraugus County
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    Health Rankings ‘not a rosy picture’ for Cattaraugus County
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    May 05, 2022
    OLEAN — The 2022 County Health Rankings do not “paint a rosy picture for Cattaraugus County,” Public Health Director Dr. Kevin D. Watkins warned Board...
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    Voter registration deadline is this Saturday; early voting to begin
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    Voter registration deadline is this Saturday; early voting to begin
    June 12, 2025
    LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County Election Commissioners Kevin Burleson and Cortney Spittler announced that this Saturday is the last day to register...
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    Meet-a-Manager: Bryan Bower at West Valley Demonstration Project
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    Meet-a-Manager: Bryan Bower at West Valley Demonstration Project
    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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    Old Times Remembered for June 12–18
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    Old Times Remembered for June 12–18
    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...
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    Cattaraugus County Source 06-12-2025
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    Kellen’s Pressing Issue
    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...
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    Deb’s Pressing Issue
    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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