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County health officials pleasantly surprised at sharp drop in number of opioid overdoses
By RICK MILLER CattCoNews&Photos OLEAN — A downward trend in Cattaraugus County opioid deaths this year has health officials pleasantly surprised. “Something has happened this year,” Public Health Director Dr.Kevin

County Legislature pumping brakes on automatic backfilling of open positions
By RICK MILLER CattCoNews&Photos LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County Legislature Finance Committee Chairman Michael Brisky, R-Franklinville, pumped the brakes Wednesday warning that automatic backfilling of open positions was coming to

Twenty Olean area employers recruiting at Job Fair Thursday at First National Building
By RICK MILLER CattCoNews&Photos OLEAN — Twenty area employers will be recruiting for current job openings at a Job Fair Thursday, May 2, sponsored by the Cattaraugus-Allegany Workforce Development Board

Cattaraugus County lawmakers to Address state’s new RAPID Act
By RICK MILLER CattCoNews&Photos LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County Legislature’s Finance Committee is expected to blast state officials Wednesday for approving Part O in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget that

Second-half heartbreak sinks Gators on Senior Night
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com PORT ALLEGANY, PA – Through 60 minutes, the North Tier League contest between Coudersport and Port Allegany was deadlocked. Both teams shared their fair time

Pollock Prediction: Improving Patriots to test unbeaten Buffalo Bills Sunday night
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Sun Senior Sports Columnist Well, it’s down to two. Four games into this National Football League season, only the AFC’s Buffalo Bills and NFC’s Philadelphia Eagles
WEEKEND ROUNDUP: Owls lost to DuBois in final minutes; Olean tennis closes out season with win
DUBOIS, PA – Able to match DuBois’s intensity for the majority of the afternoon, the Bradford boy’s soccer team suffered their ninth loss of the season via heartbreak, losing 4-2

Three unanswered goals from George Washington see Bona women’s soccer fall 3-2
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — Despite a great start and a resilient finish, the St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team found itself beaten 3-2 as the majority of the











