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 traces itself to the Cattaraugus Republican, and printed its first edition on Feb. 7, 1867. The weekly paper moved its operations to Little Valley in May 1868 to follow the county seat's similar move from Ellicottville to Little Valley. In July 1873, the Cattaraugus Republican opened an office in Salamanca and eventually moved its entire operations there before 1881. (It was replaced in Little Valley by The Little Valley Hub, a weekly paper that ran until 1964.)
The newspaper printed its first daily edition on April 25, 1904, and changed its name to The Republican-Press. In 1926, the paper became known as the Salamanca Republican-Press and kept that name until it dropped "Republican" from the title on Sept. 1, 1981.
Until January 2, 2009, the Press was the smallest daily newspaper in the United States, publishing five days a week (originally six until ca. 2000). Bradford Publishing decided to cut back the paper to a weekly newspaper, with the last daily issue coming that day. Since January 8, 2009, The Press has printed as a weekly paper published on Thursdays with a greater emphasis on local news, features and local sports.
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 as well as the Ellicottville and Salamanca school districts. 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 website, originally free, was placed behind a pay wall in June 2010, one that was quietly removed in 2014.