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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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    Cattaraugus County reports 101 new COVID cases since Friday
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    Cattaraugus County reports 101 new COVID cases since Friday
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Apr 26, 2022
    OVID-19 cases have bottomed out and are clearly on an upward trajectory again in Cattaraugus County. The health department reported 101 new cases from...
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    Board of Health concerned children may get cannabis candies
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    Board of Health concerned children may get cannabis candies
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Apr 15, 2022
    SALAMANCA — The Cattaraugus County Board of Health voiced concerns Wednesday over the growing number of cannabis dispensaries on Seneca Nation territo...
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    Low COVID-19 numbers may be deceiving with fewer tests
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    Low COVID-19 numbers may be deceiving with fewer tests
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Apr 14, 2022
    OLEAN — The low numbers of new COVID-19 cases are a good sign, but they can be misleading, Cattaraugus County Public Health Director Dr. Kevin D. Watk...
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    17 new COVID cases in Cattaraugus County
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    17 new COVID cases in Cattaraugus County
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Apr 13, 2022
    Cattaraugus County COVID-19 cases seem to be ticking upward slightly. The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 17 positive COVID-19 test resu...
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    Thirty new COVID-19 cases reported in county since Friday
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    Thirty new COVID-19 cases reported in county since Friday
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Apr 12, 2022
    The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 30 positive COVID-19 tests from Saturday, Sunday and Monday. There were 10 positive cases on Saturda...
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    Cattaraugus County gears up for second COVID booster shots
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    Cattaraugus County gears up for second COVID booster shots
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Apr 06, 2022
    A second COVID-19 booster shot will be administered to eligible residents at a clinic Saturday at the Olean Campus of Jamestown Community College. The...
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    County reports 20 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday
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    County reports 20 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Mar 23, 2022
    The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 20 new positive COVID-19 test results on Tuesday. It continues a downward trend in the number of cas...
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    With 7 new COVID cases, Cattaraugus County is flattening curve
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    With 7 new COVID cases, Cattaraugus County is flattening curve
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Mar 20, 2022
    OLEAN — Cattaraugus County reported only seven new positive COVID-19 tests on Friday, further flattening the curve of new coronavirus cases. The total...
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    48 new COVID cases since Friday in Cattaraugus County
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    48 new COVID cases since Friday in Cattaraugus County
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Mar 08, 2022
    Forty-eight more Cattaraugus County residents were diagnosed with COVID-19 since Friday, the health department reported Monday. There were 34 new case...
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    Lowest weekday COVID case total in months
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    Lowest weekday COVID case total in months
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Mar 06, 2022
    Cattaraugus County reported 13 new COVID-19 cases Friday, its lowest one-day, weekday total in months. There were 17 new positive test results on Thur...
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    Watkins: COVID trending down, but ‘will be with us for a while’
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    Watkins: COVID trending down, but ‘will be with us for a while’
    Rick Miller and Bob Clark | Special to the Press 
    Mar 03, 2022
    OLEAN — While pandemic cases have been slowing in Cattaraugus County, the public health director told the county’s Board of Health Wednesday, “It look...
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    24 new COVID cases in Cattaraugus County
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    24 new COVID cases in Cattaraugus County
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Mar 02, 2022
    Cattaraugus County reported 24 new county residents had tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. The new cases pushed the 2022 toll so far to 5,899 ca...
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    Cattaraugus County reported 3 C0VID deaths, 41 new cases Monday
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    Cattaraugus County reported 3 C0VID deaths, 41 new cases Monday
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Mar 01, 2022
    The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported three new COVID-19 deaths and 41 new cases on Monday. The deaths reported Monday date back to last w...
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    Cattaraugus County moves to ‘low level’ in CDC COVID advice
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    Cattaraugus County moves to ‘low level’ in CDC COVID advice
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Feb 26, 2022
    As COVID-19 levels dropped to their lowest level in more than two months in Cattaraugus County, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued ...
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    Cattaraugus County to distribute free COVID test kits, KN95 masks
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    Cattaraugus County to distribute free COVID test kits, KN95 masks
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Feb 21, 2022
    The Cattaraugus County Office of Emergency Services will be distributing a limited number of COVID-19 home test kits and KN95 masks to the public in v...
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    Cattaraugus County’s health chief: May have ‘turned the corner’
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    Cattaraugus County’s health chief: May have ‘turned the corner’
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Feb 05, 2022
    Cattaraugus County’s new COVID-19 cases continued to decline Friday with the health department reporting 80 new cases — almost all of them the highly ...
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    Nearly as many ‘breakthrough’ COVID cases so far this year as in all of 2021
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    Nearly as many ‘breakthrough’ COVID cases so far this year as in all of 2021
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Feb 03, 2022
    Cattaraugus County has seen almost as many “breakthrough” cases of COVID-19 in the first five weeks of 2022 than were reported all last year. Dr. Kevi...
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    Watkins sees ‘light at end of tunnel’ in COVID-19 plateau
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    Watkins sees ‘light at end of tunnel’ in COVID-19 plateau
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Feb 01, 2022
    Cattaraugus County Public Health Director Dr. Kevin D. Watkins is hopeful that recent indications that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has plat...
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    Cattaraugus County reports 229th COVID death, 179 new cases
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    Cattaraugus County reports 229th COVID death, 179 new cases
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Jan 26, 2022
    Cattaraugus County reported its 229th death from COVID-19 complications on Tuesday. The 37-year-old man suffered respiratory failure and was unable to...
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    Is the COVID-19 Omicron surge in Cattaraugus County peaking?
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    Is the COVID-19 Omicron surge in Cattaraugus County peaking?
    RICK MILLER County Reporter 
    Jan 25, 2022
    Cattaraugus County health officials are hopeful that recent decline in COVID-19 caseloads indicate the omicron surge has plateaued. “I’m hoping we are...
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    Ellicottville’s Marsh named Youth of the Week
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    Ellicottville’s Marsh named Youth of the Week
    June 16, 2025
    The Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau announces this week’s featured Youth Citizenship Award recipient is Courtney Marsh, the daughter of Jason and Nico...
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    Searles ready for next adventure after 45 years in Cattaraugus County government
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    Searles ready for next adventure after 45 years in Cattaraugus County government
    Kellen Quigley 
    June 14, 2025
    OLEAN — For nearly 46 years of governmental operations in Cattaraugus County — through major technology changes, new building projects, historical cel...
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    Randolph Cemetery receives historical recognition with Pomeroy Foundation marker
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    Randolph Cemetery receives historical recognition with Pomeroy Foundation marker
    June 13, 2025
    RANDOLPH — A new roadside historical marker from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation has been installed at the entrance to the Randolph Cemetery, docume...
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    Free Goodskills Career Builder training program coming to Salamanca
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    Free Goodskills Career Builder training program coming to Salamanca
    Kellen Quigley 
    June 13, 2025
    SALAMANCA — Goodwill of Western New York is planning an upcoming session of its Goodskills Career Builder training program in Salamanca. The training ...
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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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