An all-day Veterans Suicide Awareness event Saturday in Wellsville will feature a 5K Ruck, family barbecue, music, and a resources fair as an Allegany County initiative seeks to bring attention to veteran health needs. The activity will be held from 10AM to 4PM at Island Park, West Dyke Street, with check-in for the Ruck, a … Read more
More than a dozen area organizations and initiatives, including Allegany Hope and Allegany Hope Community News, will be providing information to the public next Thursday in Cuba as they seek to acquaint residents with available services, many of them free. The Allegany County Community Collaboration, coordinated by the Cattaraugus-Allegany Workforce Development Board, will be at … Read more
A variety of needs of senior citizens has been advanced by Allegany County residents, from transportation to housing, increased handyman assistance and community knowledge about services, during a public hearing on deficiencies in aids for older adults. The comments came during a free Older Adults Wellness Day Friday at Genesis Bible Church in Scio, with … Read more
Registrations are underway for a free Older Adult Wellness Day this coming Friday which will include a free luncheon, blood pressure screenings, flu shots, information sessions and a public hearing on needs of seniors in Allegany County. The session, to include the public hearing conducted by the county Office for the Aging, will be held … Read more
An ENCORE! public kickoff event highlighting fall activities for older adults, including the semester calendar for arts, music, and lectures, will be held Wednesday morning at Houghton University. The September 16 activity is scheduled from 10AM to 11:30AM on the main floor of the Reinhold Campus Center at 1 Willard Avenue, followed by the opportunity … Read more
An area education focus this week was on acquainting students at Houghton University and Alfred State College with experiential, also known as service, learning opportunities available in the greater Allegany County area. Allegany Hope, including its Allegany Hope Community News online and What God is DoingTM in Allegany County ny initiatives, and the What God … Read more
Required registrations are underway for a second free summer Allegany County Pop-Up Pantry for those 60 years of age and older. The event will be held on Thursday, August 27, starting at 3PM, at the BOCES Education Center at 5536 County Route 48, just north of Belmont. Reservations are being scheduled for 15-minute intervals by … Read more
The Allegany County Health Department has started contact tracing after a case of measles has been confirmed in the county, with 23 individuals having been determined to date to have had direct contact with the recipient. The alert was issued tonight due to measles being “a highly contagious airborne virus,” with the county department having … Read more
Allegany Hope and its associated initiatives will be joining with other county services organizations Tuesday for a free public-focused community resources fair in Friendship. The Allegany County Community Collaboration initiative, hosted by the Cattaraugus-Allegany Workforce Development Board and the Southern Tier Library System, will be held from 11AM to 1PM July 28 at the Friendship … Read more
Telephone registrations are being taken for a special pop-up free food pantry (PUP) for seniors next Tuesday in Belmont, with any unfilled slots being made available to the general public starting Friday morning. The Allegany County Office for the Aging (OFA) already has received several dozen applications for the ages 60-and-over event, which will take … Read more
UPDATE #3 – 4:56PM Saturday: The Air Quality Alert for Sunday has been downgraded to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups in Western and Central New York State, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The impact could be seen changing in Allegany County this afternoon at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency site, https://tinyurl.com/Air-Now-Map, as the … Read more
UPDATE #1 – 1:29PM Friday: The chances for severe weather Saturday has been raised to an Enhanced Risk, the third level on a five-step scale. The new designation includes potential for numerous, more persistent and/or widespread thunderstorms versus a scattered number included in this morning’s Marginal Risk forecast by the NWS SPC, along with a … Read more
UPDATE #2 – 2:43PM Thursday: The Air Quality Alert levels for Friday have been reduced by NYSDEC to Moderate for Allegany, Livingston and Monroe counties east and Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups to their west. BULLETIN – UPDATE #1 – 9:23AM Thursday: The Unhealthy Air Quality Alert for all populations has been elevated once again to … Read more
BREAKING ALERT: The Air Quality Alert has been elevated this morning to Unhealthy for all populations in Western and Central New York as northwest winds carry the smoke from massive wildfires which erupted in Ontario, Canada and Northern Minnesota Monday across the Great Lakes, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic today and tonight. The National Weather Service (NWS) … Read more
EARLY WEATHER ALERT: A single-day of HEAT ADVISORIES is occurring tomorrow for all of Western and a significant portion of Central New York, along with North Central Pennsylvania. National Weather Service (NWS) offices at Buffalo, which forecasts for Allegany County, Binghamton, which covers Steuben County east, and State College, Pa., which has Northern Pennsylvania in … Read more
UPDATE #1 – 3:30PM Saturday: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH has been issued for Steuben County, N.Y., north and east again today, along with multiple counties in Northern Pennsylvania, until 11PM, even as several SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS already are popping up in these areas. The NWS SPC also has moved the higher level Slight Risk (Level … Read more
UPDATE #1 – 3:25PM Friday: A heightened SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH has been issued for Steuben County, N.Y., and McKean County, Pa., east until 11PM. A Watch means that conditions are favorable for such weather events and individuals should prepare for them to occur by planning to take cover and protecting individuals and property, while a … Read more
THURSDAY WEATHER ALERTS: New forecast maps posted this morning are showing an increased risk for severe weather Friday for most of Allegany County east and south, as some 3,000 Rochester Gas and Electric (RGE) customers remain without power in the Monroe County area, down for some 5,000 last night, due to storms. Power outages also … Read more
BREAKING WEATHER ALERTS: New maps posted this morning now are alerting to risks for severe weather today through Friday in and bordering Allegany County, adding to HEAT ADVISORIES and EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS already declared. The National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Prediction Center (SPC) is alerting to Marginal Risks of severe weather today in most of … Read more
UPDATE #3 – 12:39PM Tuesday – EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS have been issued for Livingston County north and northeast from noon Wednesday until 8PM Friday with heat indices in that county expected to reach a high of 105 degrees. HEAT ADVISORIES, which are in effect until 8PM today, are being renewed for noon Wednesday to 8PM … Read more