GOP comptroller candidate Hernandez visits Right Thinkers panel
By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
May 19, 2026
ALLEGANY — The GOP candidate for state comptroller pushed his case for the job as Albany’s fiscal watchdog to a local crowd on Monday. Wall Street inv...
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Ohi:yo’ Art Market becoming a new art destination
By DEB EVERTS new@oleantimesherald.com 
May 19, 2026
SALAMANCA — The Seneca Allegany Event Center hosted the 2nd annual Ohi:yo’ Art Market May 15 and 16, when Native American artists celebrated meaningfu...
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Bramer, T-Wolves hold off Salamanca
Local Sports, Sports, Track & Field
May 19, 2026
SALAMANCA — Triple-winner Talon Bramer led the Cattaraugus-Little Valley girls track and field team to win a nailbiter on the road Monday, holding off host Salamanca 72-69. Bramer won the 100-meter dash, long jump and triple jump. Also winning an event each for CLV were Natalie Snyder (200), Madelin...
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Portville’s Yehl named Big 12 Pitcher of the Year
Baseball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
May 19, 2026
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Redshirt junior Maxx Yehl of the West Virginia University baseball team was named the 2026 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year, as announce...
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Local & Social
Cooler weather returns this week
Local News
By BRIAN McCLELLAN news@oleantimesherald.com 
May 19, 2026
While the week began with an early-season blast of heat, the cooler weather the Olean area has been more accustomed to will return as the week goes on...
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Business, Local News, News
May 19, 2026
OLEAN — Join the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce for this month’s Virtual Lunch & Learn Series webinar on Tuesday at noon with EnergyMark, LLC,...
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Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
May 19, 2026
OLEAN — The seventh annual Veggie Wheels Slow Ride & Walk returns Saturday at the SUNY Jamestown Community College Cattaraugus County Campus, 260 N. U...
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14th Cattaraugus County Farmer-Neighbor Dinner honors area ag leaders
Business, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
May 19, 2026
WEST VALLEY — The 14th annual Cattaraugus County Farmer-Neighbor Dinner was held April 15 at the West Valley Firemen’s Hall and honored three individu...
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Allegany-Limestone’s Kahm named Youth of the Week
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News, ...
May 19, 2026
The Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau announces that this week’s featured Youth of the Week is Madison Kahm, the daughter of Matthew and Lynn Kahm and a...
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Crime and Courts
Police reports 5/18/26
Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, Crime, ...
May 19, 2026
Salamanca Police  May 12, 6:28 a.m. , Yancey A. Dowdy, 39, of Salamanca, was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance...
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The 82-year-old woman who keeps beating Trump in court
Commentary, Opinion
By ROBIN ABCARIAN Los Angeles Times 
May 19, 2026
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — In 2019, during President Trump's first term, New York magazine published an excerpt of advice columnist E. Jean Carroll's memoir,...
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Senate votes to defer pay during shutdowns
Commentary, Opinion
May 18, 2026
Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on much these days, but you can bet the house that they both share an aversion to political suicide. Consider la...
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By targeting dairy farmers, ESG wants to decide your milk
Commentary, Opinion
By SAMANTHA FILLMORE RealClearPolitics 
May 18, 2026
It starts with a letter in the mail. A dairy farmer opens it to find new requirements from their milk processing plant. Herd data, energy usage, emiss...
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