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Medical Debt Is Focus Of Nonprofit

RIP Medical Debt has found a working formula to relieve medical debt for millions of people. It still has room to grow. The New York nonprofit uses donations to buy medical debt in bulk from hospitals and debt collectors for pennies on the dollar. It mostly targets the debt of people with ...

Record Revenues

Cummins Inc. is projecting revenues to increase between 12% and 17% in the coming year. The owner of the Jamestown Engine Plant in Busti has reported fourth-quarter earnings of $631 million. Full-year revenues were $28.1 billion, For the year, the company reported profit of $2.15 billion, ...

Retailers Try To Curb Theft While Not Angering Shoppers

NEW YORK — When the pandemic threat eased, Maureen Holohan was eager to scale back her online shopping and return to physical stores so she could more easily compare prices and scour ingredients on beauty and health care products for herself and her three children. But that experience was ...

Northwest Promotes Warren Resident

Cameron Skelton was named to the position of vice president, talent management and chief inclusion officer. During her nine-year career as talent development manager for Northwest, Skelton has been responsible for the design and implementation of professional development and training plans for ...

Dunkirk Teacher Appointed To JCC Board

Miriam Lugo-Alfaro has been appointed by Gov. Kathy Hochul to serve on the Jamestown Community College board of trustees. Her term runs through 2027. Lugo-Alfaro has been a Spanish teacher for Dunkirk City School District since 2004. The Dunkirk resident previously served as an English as second language and Spanish instructor at Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES in Dunkirk. Lugo-Alfaro also has work experience in human services, including serving as an education counselor, workforce development specialist, bilingual case manager, and employment advisor.

Credit Union Involved In Crypto

NEW YORK — Credit unions have been dipping their toes into cryptocurrency over the past year. The timing largely coincided with the “crypto winter” that saw digital coins plunge in value and numerous exchanges and lenders collapse. But at the height of the crypto craze in late 2021, ...