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Two smoke shops in county fined $7,000 for selling flavored vapes, underage sales
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Two pop-up smoke shops have been fined a total of more than $7,000 by the Cattaraugus County Board of Health for illegal sales of vaping

Walkable Olean IV work begins on South Union Street Wednesday
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Work got underway on the $3.3 million Walkable Olean IV along South Union Street on Wednesday. A crew from Millennium Construction, Niagara Falls, removed the

DEC creates Blue Hill State Forest in Town of Yorkshire, first since ’63
By RICK MILLER Olean Star YORKSHIRE — Cattaraugus County has a newly-designated state forest in the town of Yorkshire with access to Cattaraugus Creek. Sean Mahar, the interim director of the state

Panthers dominate Salamanca War Wolves, look toward bright future
By HUNTER O. LYLE SALAMANCA – After suffering a loss last week, the Portville boys soccer team was able to get back in the win column with a 10-1 dismantling win over Salamanca-Cattaraugus

Olean Oilers travel to face Jamestown for first game of PGCBL era
NEW HARTFORD, NY — The official schedule for the 2026 Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL) season has been released and for its first game in its new league, the

Schmidt seeing return on investment ahead of Bona’s clash with George Mason
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — There was a tone of relief in the voice of St. Bonaventure men’s basketball head coach Mark Schmidt following his team’s win over

Local demonstration Saturday to protest killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti in Minneapolis
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — “ICE Out Everywhere,” part of a nationwide response to the recent deaths of protesters in Minneapolis, will be held in Olean Saturday. The
THURSDAY ROUNDUP: Lady Terrors’ quartet leads to redemption win over NoPo; Olean snaps losing streak with fourth-quarter comeback over Dunkirk
ULYSSES, PA – Traveling into enemy territory in search of redemption, the Otto-Eldred girl’s basketball team avenged the only blemish on their North Tier League record, beating Northern Potter 59-41.












