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Public Health Director urges residents to check themselves, kids, pets for ticks
By RICK MILLER CattCoNews&Photos OLEAN — Cattaraugus County’s top health official urged people going outside to walk the dog or for a hike this spring to be sure and check

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

Eight companies get $5,000 each at Laine Business Accelerator Showcase at JCC
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Eight companies participated in this year’s Laine Business Accelerator Showcase in the Cutco Theater at Jamestown Community College’s Cattaraugus County Campus. The showcase
TUESDAY ROUNDUP: Terrors get back in the win column; Olean boys, Salamanca girls hoops pick up first wins of season
DUKE CENTER, PA — Shaking off their first home loss in four years, the Otto-Eldred boy’s basketball team got back to their winning ways, picking up their fourth North Tier

Allegany-Limestone girls hoops survive inspired fourth-quarter Portville surge
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com PORTVILLE — For the grand majority of its first two games of the season, the Allegany-Limestone girls basketball team were chasing a lead. And, much to

Second half collapse hands Bradford season’s first loss versus Chucks
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com BRADFORD, PA – Through the first 16 minutes of their game against Punxsutawney, the Bradford boy’s basketball team looked sharp. Sure, they had had a












