Allegany County News

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Verizon is experiencing phone difficulties in the 437 exchange. Customers in this exchange are unable to call out of the exchange, including to 9-1-1. Should you need 9-1-1, attempt to call as you normally ...

A summer of record-high gas prices will only lead to a winter of high home heating bills for homeowners, Sen.

The state Department of Environment Conservation will hold a hearing on a controversial oil and gas well drilling proposal at 1 p. m. Tuesday in Whitesville Central School.

If you have an environment or "green" story you would like to see us cover, drop me a line at andy.parker@wgrz.com or in my blog.

Buffalo's morning showers are expected to dry up and the skies should bring sunshine this afternoon, which is good news for those planning to visit the Taste of Buffalo downtown.

WELLSVILLE -- The Elmira Pioneers' losing streak reached five games Friday night with a 7-6 loss to the Allegany County Nitros.

Two violent incidents in the city on Thursday left one man dead and two injured.

Webster Army National Guard Pvt. Ryan Montgomery, son of Edward Montgomery of Webster, and a graduate of Webster Thomas High School, graduated from basic training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. Penfield ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is looking for help from area residents to find three missing black bears.

A Webster man has been indicted and charged with criminally negligent homicide for a December hunting accident.

An Allegany County man on parole for sex charges against a minor was sentenced to 27 years in prison and lifetime parole by a federal judge Tuesday on three felony charges of possessing child pornography.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation based in Bath needs your help finding three missing bears.

New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Commissioner Robert Megna announced Wednesday that the owner of a defunct Allegany County restaurant has been arrested on felony tax charges.

A man who owned a restaurant in Allegany County that's now closed has been arrested for not paying taxes.

The Elmira Pioneers scored three times in the bottom of the sixth inning to turn a 4-3 deficit into a 6-4 lead en route to a 7-4 victory over the Allegany County Nitros in New York Collegiate Baseball League ...

Plans to stabilize Genesee River stream banks in Allegany County have received a major boost from the Federal Emergency Management Agency .

An Allegany County man was injured Tuesday night when he was pinned between two vehicles at an auto auction in Dansville, Livingston County.

A pioneer in Allegany County politics was honored at the Capitol in Albany this week, when former Allegany County Board of Legislators Chairperson Delores Cross was recognized as a Woman of Distinction.

Middle school students in six Allegany County school districts will have something new to do after school, thanks to a state grant of $4.05 million acquired by the ACCORD Corporation.