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LITTLE VALLEY — The tentative $228.6 million Cattaraugus County budget got the unanimous endorsement Thursday from the Cattaraugus County Legislature’...

LITTLE VALLEY — With absentee ballots counted, Democrat Alan Bernstein of Olean extended his Election Day lead over Republican Michael Brisky on Wedne...

OLEAN — All her life, Ellicottville native Michelle Sischo had wondered about her birth parents — and she had been searching for them since 2008. In S...

SALAMANCA — Pat Morgante knows he steps into the Salamanca varsity girls’ basketball team with a high bar set by his predecessor. But Morgante, a Rand...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Several area senior students enrolled in the Natural Resources class at Ellicottville Career and Technical Center recently assisted Co...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Dr. Ed Simone, director of the theater program at St. Bonaventure University, will offer his unique take on a holiday classic next m...

RANDOLPH — Four Randolph Central School (RCS) graduates were recently inducted into the school’s “2016 Wall of Fame” during the National Honor Society...

As surely as Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November every year, employees from the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) can be coun...

Several of the area’s state and federal legislators Tuesday joined more than half of all U.S. governors in calling to repel Syrian refugees after the ...

SALAMANCA — If any changes are made to the public comment policy at Salamanca Common Council meetings, they likely won’t come until the council’s reor...

LITTLE VALLEY — Local artist Barbara Fox is “in the money.” On Tuesday, the Little Valley artist was recognized for designing the reverse side of the ...

After winning his first sectional championship as a coach, Chad Bartoszek tried to describe what made the victory so fulfilling. Essentially, it was t...

SALAMANCA — Money in this year’s city budget originally planned to pay for a new street sweeper for the Department of Public Works (DPW) is expected t...

SALAMANCA — The Salamanca Common Council on Thursday, Nov. 12 approved Salamanca resident Larry Butler to serve on the Joint Leasing Commission (JLC) ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Native American activist and author Winona LaDuke, who twice served as Ralph Nader’s vice presidential running mate on the Green Par...

SALAMANCA — A nationwide mission to improve 20 communities around the country through improvement of health and wellness through nutrition and activen...

OLEAN — Children who visit the Southern Tier Child Advocacy Center will have a better experience thanks to art kits donated to the center through a gr...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Eileen Quick sincerely appreciated the sentiment, but she had a better idea. A member of the most philanthropic family in the histor...