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 combination of seven different free musical performances, starting tonight, will highlight Houghton University’s Greatbatch School of Music community presentations during the next two weeks. The selections will include guest, faculty and graduating student performances and a combined concert by two Houghton music groups, all being held in the Center for the Arts Recital Hall … Read more
A variety of free activities will be available tomorrow and Saturday during Houghton University’s Homecoming and Family Weekend. A Friday night Collage Concert will be held in the Wesley Chapel at 1 Willard Avenue from 7:30PM to 9PM, featuring performances by Greatbatch School of Music ensembles and soloists. On Saturday, a dedication of a renovated … Read more
The next to last 2026 Free Fishing Day in New York State Saturday also will draw focus to National Hunting and Fishing Day. The September 26 event provides an opportunity for both state residents and non-residents, 16 years of age and older to fish during the day without a freshwater fishing license . Children under … Read more
Allegany County first responders and a broad group of associated professions and their families will have a free opportunity for fun and relaxation Saturday. A First Responder and Helping Professions Family Day will be held from 11AM to 5PM, September 19, at the Wellsville Elks Lodge at 77 East Pearl Street. The Allegany County Sheriff’s … Read more
Some dozen Allegany County churches are participating this coming weekend in a national Back to Church annual observance, with the number posted to date believed to be the most per population of any county in New York State and beyond. The designation, occurring this year on Saturday-Sunday, September 19-20, was created many years ago to … Read more
Individual market health insurance rates next year will see the smallest average increase in five years, with five staying the same and two going down in overall listings. The State Department of Financial Services (DFS) is reporting that individual market purchasers will be paying an average six percent more in 2027 than this year, compared … Read more
Three free Houghton Music events are scheduled this month on the Houghton University campus, including the start of a series of Early Childhood Music classes. — This coming Wednesday, September 9, Katrina Kaufman-VonBuren will perform her senior piano recital, All Creation Waits, at 8PM in the Recital Hall of the Center for the Arts Building … Read more
A $5,000 scholarship is being made available this year for an area student to attend the Houghton Academy international boarding school. The one-year award is being provided through an outside fund to any fifth through 12th grade student who doesn’t qualify for any other tuition savings. Houghton, which started a fifth grade this year, is … Read more
UPDATE – 4:40PM Wednesday: A TORNADO WATCH has been issued for a broad swath of Western and Central New York counties until 11PM. A Watch means that conditions are favorable for a weather event to occur. A Warning means that an event is happening or is imminent in a particular area. A FLOOD WATCH was … Read more
A popular Allegany County music group will be accompanied by a second band this Sunday for its return to the free Second Annual A Greater Hope Music Festival and Community Picnic for individuals and families in the extended Friendship area. A Band Called Hope, headed by former Houghton area resident John Wise, will be joined … Read more
A Band Called Hope will return to Friendship this month for the second year of The Greater Hope Music Festival and the fourth year of a free Community Picnic for individuals and families throughout the area. The event is scheduled for noon to 3PM, Sunday, August 30, at Island Park, 29 West Water Street in … Read more
A single Allegany County measles case two weeks ago now is experiencing a significant expansion, apparently in the New Hudson area, north of Cuba. The County Department of Health (ACDOH) says that routine contact tracing and proactive monitoring now have identified two confirmed cases and ten presumed measles positives with “(a)ll current cases ….. localized … Read more
Measles cases from a single source continue to grow slowly in Allegany County, with its health department working to contain the situation. The department is reporting that it has identified an additional confirmed positive for the highly contagious airborne disease, bringing the total in a week-and-a-half to two confirmed and two presumed positive cases. The … Read more
A confirmed Allegany County measles case on Sunday now has expanded to three. The Allegany County Health Department (ACDOH) has reported late this afternoon that contact tracing of 45 individuals having had direct connections with the first individual turned up two more exposed during the infectious period who now are presumed to be positive for … 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
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
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