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LITTLE VALLEY — It looks like Cattaraugus County may be the next Western New York county to ban microbeads, the minute plastic beads found in many per...

A local girl from Salamanca has been on both sides of the fence, in a way, when it comes to horse shows and competitions. Madelynn Turano, a senior at...

ELLICOTTVILLE — The 1887 Building at the center of the village is about to get a new lease on life in its third century. Two developers are planning t...

SALAMANCA — It was a gloomy day, but you wouldn’t know it from the smiles on the faces of the St. Bonaventure athletes and community members who came ...

As a young lacrosse player growing up in Salamanca, Josh Becker said he set two goals for himself: play in the National Lacrosse League, and make the ...

SALAMANCA — Jenna Ball won the 50 and 100 freestyle races to lead Salamanca’s girls’ swimming and diving team to its second consecutive win. The SHS “...

LITTLE VALLEY — When Stateline Speedway suffered a rain-out on Sept. 12 after a highly successful re-opening on Sept. 5, officials reached out to Litt...

BELMONT — As a high school student at Rushford, Lisa Scott-Schneider played softball for her adversary Monday night — Ellicottville’s Mary Neilon. Sin...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, called on senators Monday to go on the record this week about whether they approve of the Obama administration’s nuclea...

LITTLE VALLEY — Incumbents won Republican primaries for town supervisor in New Albion and Perrysburg in voting across Cattaraugus County Thursday. Hig...

LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a former Allegany man who allegedly caused a fire at his own home in early April....

CATTARAUGUS — Chad Bartoszek had admitted he was a bit weary of a letdown following his team’s emotional win over three-time defending state champion ...

SALAMANCA — The past and future of Salamanca football lined up to welcome the present to the field, but the 2015 Warriors found little cause for celeb...

SALAMANCA — The Common Council took another step forward in addressing the longtime issue of the Salamanca Senior Center’s failing roof. At its Sept. ...

SALAMANCA — Students are finally back in their desks and the Salamanca Superintendent Robert Breidenstein took the time to recognize faculty and staff...

LITTLE VALLEY — As Cattaraugus County lawmakers authorized another small project for the new countywide emergency communications system Wednesday, new...

SALAMANCA — Responders were called to Center Street on Wednesday afternoon for what is suspected to be an electrical fire. At approximately 5 p.m., em...

GREAT VALLEY — It’s widely known that Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer, but perhaps a more local indicator of the beginning of the autumn sea...