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Cattaraugus County reports 101 new COVID cases since Friday

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Apr 26, 2022

OVID-19 cases have bottomed out and are clearly on an upward trajectory again in Cattaraugus County. The health department reported 101 new cases from...

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Board of Health concerned children may get cannabis candies

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Apr 15, 2022

SALAMANCA — The Cattaraugus County Board of Health voiced concerns Wednesday over the growing number of cannabis dispensaries on Seneca Nation territo...

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Low COVID-19 numbers may be deceiving with fewer tests

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Apr 14, 2022

OLEAN — The low numbers of new COVID-19 cases are a good sign, but they can be misleading, Cattaraugus County Public Health Director Dr. Kevin D. Watk...

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17 new COVID cases in Cattaraugus County

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Apr 13, 2022

Cattaraugus County COVID-19 cases seem to be ticking upward slightly. The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 17 positive COVID-19 test resu...

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Thirty new COVID-19 cases reported in county since Friday

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Apr 12, 2022

The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 30 positive COVID-19 tests from Saturday, Sunday and Monday. There were 10 positive cases on Saturda...

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Cattaraugus County gears up for second COVID booster shots

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Apr 06, 2022

A second COVID-19 booster shot will be administered to eligible residents at a clinic Saturday at the Olean Campus of Jamestown Community College. The...

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County reports 20 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Mar 23, 2022

The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 20 new positive COVID-19 test results on Tuesday. It continues a downward trend in the number of cas...

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With 7 new COVID cases, Cattaraugus County is flattening curve

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Mar 20, 2022

OLEAN — Cattaraugus County reported only seven new positive COVID-19 tests on Friday, further flattening the curve of new coronavirus cases. The total...

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48 new COVID cases since Friday in Cattaraugus County

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Mar 08, 2022

Forty-eight more Cattaraugus County residents were diagnosed with COVID-19 since Friday, the health department reported Monday. There were 34 new case...

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Lowest weekday COVID case total in months

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Mar 06, 2022

Cattaraugus County reported 13 new COVID-19 cases Friday, its lowest one-day, weekday total in months. There were 17 new positive test results on Thur...

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Watkins: COVID trending down, but ‘will be with us for a while’

Rick Miller and Bob Clark | Special to the Press

Mar 03, 2022

OLEAN — While pandemic cases have been slowing in Cattaraugus County, the public health director told the county’s Board of Health Wednesday, “It look...

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24 new COVID cases in Cattaraugus County

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Mar 02, 2022

Cattaraugus County reported 24 new county residents had tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. The new cases pushed the 2022 toll so far to 5,899 ca...

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Cattaraugus County reported 3 C0VID deaths, 41 new cases Monday

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Mar 01, 2022

The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported three new COVID-19 deaths and 41 new cases on Monday. The deaths reported Monday date back to last w...

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Cattaraugus County moves to ‘low level’ in CDC COVID advice

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Feb 26, 2022

As COVID-19 levels dropped to their lowest level in more than two months in Cattaraugus County, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued ...

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Cattaraugus County to distribute free COVID test kits, KN95 masks

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Feb 21, 2022

The Cattaraugus County Office of Emergency Services will be distributing a limited number of COVID-19 home test kits and KN95 masks to the public in v...

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Cattaraugus County’s health chief: May have ‘turned the corner’

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Feb 05, 2022

Cattaraugus County’s new COVID-19 cases continued to decline Friday with the health department reporting 80 new cases — almost all of them the highly ...

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Nearly as many ‘breakthrough’ COVID cases so far this year as in all of 2021

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Feb 03, 2022

Cattaraugus County has seen almost as many “breakthrough” cases of COVID-19 in the first five weeks of 2022 than were reported all last year. Dr. Kevi...

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Watkins sees ‘light at end of tunnel’ in COVID-19 plateau

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Feb 01, 2022

Cattaraugus County Public Health Director Dr. Kevin D. Watkins is hopeful that recent indications that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has plat...

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Cattaraugus County reports 229th COVID death, 179 new cases

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Jan 26, 2022

Cattaraugus County reported its 229th death from COVID-19 complications on Tuesday. The 37-year-old man suffered respiratory failure and was unable to...

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Is the COVID-19 Omicron surge in Cattaraugus County peaking?

RICK MILLER County Reporter

Jan 25, 2022

Cattaraugus County health officials are hopeful that recent decline in COVID-19 caseloads indicate the omicron surge has plateaued. “I’m hoping we are...

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April 23, 2025

• April 25 – Arbor Day Walk on Pat McGee Trail, Little Valley. Community bike/walk event. Meet at Ellicottville Brewing Company, 202 2nd St. Bikers tr...

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Coogler brings thoughtful discourse to horror genre in ‘Sinners’

KELLEN M. QUIGLEY Managing Editor

April 23, 2025

The filmography of writer/director Ryan Coogler isn’t too lengthy for someone who’s been in the business for only 12 years, but the five films he’s ma...

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Police Reports: Traffic stop leads to three drug-related arrests

Salamanca Press

April 23, 2025

Traffic stop leads to three drug-related arrests SALAMANCA — The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office reported April 17 that an early morning traffic s...

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