Salamanca Press  The Salamanca Press is a newspaper serving Cattaraugus County, New York. Based in the city of Salamanca, the paper is owned by Bradford Publishing, which also publishes the Bradford Era and the Olean Times Herald. The newspaper focuses on the municipalities of Salamanca, Ellicottville, Cattaraugus, Little Valley and Randolph. Its coverage also extends into neighboring areas, such as East Otto, West Valley, and Conewango, among others. The paper is the official newspaper of the City of Salamanca and the Salamanca City Central School District. An offshoot, the Gowanda Press, launched in August 2016. The Gowanda version of the paper was launched to fill the void of the "Gowanda Pennysaver News", which abruptly shut down (along with a number of weekly papers in the vicinity) in July of that year. The Gowanda Press would close operations in October 2017. Founded in 1867 as the "Cattaraugus Republican", the paper printed weekly editions until 1904, when "The Republican Press" was founded and printed daily. The name would eventually change to the "Salamanca Republican-Press" in 1926 and, as it is known now, "The Salamanca Press" in 1981. It would continue as a daily newspaper until 2009 when its publication was made weekly again. And through the majority of Salamanca’s history — including fires, floods, politics and more — it was one family that headed the newspaper’s publication and management. In fact, the newspaper’s ownership stayed in the same family’s hands for more than 100 years. The newspaper began under the direction of Augustine W. Ferrin, a native of Concord, near Springville, who had purchased the "Springville Herald" in 1867 and moved its equipment to Ellicottville, which was the county seat at the time. Ferrin, who had served as city editor of the Buffalo Express when he was only 22, founded the "Cattaraugus Republican" and managed it until he sold his interest in the company to Blanchard B. Weber, his brother-in-law, in 1895. Weber had been involved in the "Cattaraugus Republican"’s operations since he bought half an interest in the company in 1873 when the newspaper operated in Little Valley. He took charge of the newspaper’s office in Salamanca at that time and was active in the community for the next 70 years.