City man charged after threats with knife

October 11, 2026

A 38-year-old Jamestown man is facing numerous charges after threatening to kill two individuals on Saturday afternoon. Angel A. Baez Huertas was charged with felony third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, two counts of second-degree…

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County may again use hotels that were shut down for homeless

Two hotels in the county that had unhoused residents pulled from their facilities due to poor conditions may once again…

Mayor’s 2027 budget proposal includes 7.39% tax increase

Mayor Kim Ecklund has said the 2027 city budget wouldn’t be pretty. The proposal released Thursday by Ecklund includes a…

Council discusses Buffalo Street school traffic issues

How to deal with recurring traffic issues in school zones on Buffalo Street are once again coming before the City…

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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Michael S. Cook, 53, of Jamestown was charged with first-degree criminal contempt at 9:13 a.m. Friday after officers were patrolling on the south side of Jamestown and allegedly saw Cook walking with a woman Cook had an order of protection to stay away from. Cook was charged and taken to the…

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Changing minimum wage freeze doesn’t fix New York’s high cost of living

There was a reason that the wise old state legislators who drafted New York’s minimum wage law back in the good old days of 2023 included conditions that would freeze otherwise automatic minimum wage increases. The conditions - tied to situations in which the consumer price index actually went down, increases in unemployment or…

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