Most Americans live in places where healthy people, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new U.S. guidelines released Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlined the new set of measures for communities where COVID-19 is easing its ...

Area superintendents are waiting to learn the fate of New York state’s mandate requiring face masks in schools. Local officials have been told that changes may arrive regarding masking in schools after the mid-winter break, but nothing official has been announced. Gov. Kathy Hochul said ...

MAYVILLE -- Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel touted the area’s growth under his watch Wednesday at the annual State of the County address. Stating the county had “successful budgeting and a strong economic recovery” from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Republican offered a sunny, ...

WESTFIELD — A letter by the Westfield Academy and Central School Board to Gov. Kathy Hochul regarding COVID-related mandates has generated a good deal of response from area residents, but no answer from the state so far. During the public comment section of the Feb. 14 regular board meeting, ...

Fewer cases of COVID-19 are being documented in Chautauqua County. The county Health Department on Wednesday said there were 253 new cases for the week ending Feb. 19. It's the sixth straight week cases have been trending downward, with average daily cases currently around 36. Health ...

Pregnancy-related deaths for U.S. mothers climbed higher in the pandemic's first year, continuing a decades-long trend that disproportionately affects Black people, according to a government report released Wednesday. Overall in 2020, there were almost 24 deaths per 100,000 births, or 861 ...