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Legislators ask Hochul to reconsider ending some Medicaid payments to rural ambulance services
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to reconsider a provision in her executive budget that would

Chuck Pollock: Reflections on Schmidt’s stint at St. Bonaventure
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun Senior Sports Columnist The hammer came Saturday morning when the Olean Star announced that St. Bonaventure men’s basketball coach Mark Schmidt would be coaching his final game

Borrello, Sempolinski vote against Senate, Assembly add-ons to Hochul’s record state budget
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello criticized the Senate’s one-house budget resolution, passed Thursday along party lines, which adds $7.1 billion to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s

Former Cattaraugus county probation director receives maximum sentence under plea deal for possessing child porn
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — A former Cattaraugus County Probation Director was sentenced in County Court Thursday by Acting County Court Judge Nicholas A. DiCerbo to six

Faulty Electric possible Cause of Fire on Main Street in Salamanca
Salamanca and surrounding fire crews responded to a fire on Main Street in Salamanca. Heavy smoke was observed coming form the building by a Salamanca police officer and called into
Pollock prediction: Plenty of familiarity between Bills and Jaguars in Monday Night Football matchup
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun and Olean Star Senior Sports Columnist Talk about familiarity. When the Bills and Jaguars meet at Highmark Stadium in the first of two Monday Night

Zoar Valley demonstrators want logging plan reversed
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OTTO — More than 50 people participated in a protest Saturday at a state forest in the town of Otto that is part of a proposed state

J.C. Seneca wins Seneca party 2024 nomination for president
Seneca businessman J.C. Seneca won the Seneca Party nomination for Seneca Nation president Friday by a nearly 2-to-1 margin over Seneca Nation Treasurer and former president Matthew Pagels. Current Seneca












