A day before she was due to be evicted in November from her Atlanta home, Shanelle King heard that she had been awarded about $15,000 in rental assistance. She could breathe again. But then the 43-year-old hairdresser got a letter last month from her landlord saying the company was canceling ...

The Southwestern Central School District may soon see more of a return to normal after the upcoming spring break. Superintendent Maureen Donahue updated school board members this week on operations in the district and moving forward from the pandemic. “It’s time to start getting some of ...

Heritage Ministries has requested assistance from the National Guard, CEO and President Lisa Haglund said Friday. The request is to assist employees at its skilled nursing communities in Chautauqua County, she said. "The pandemic has presented so many challenges for the health care ...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday that the state will end a COVID-19 mandate requiring face coverings in most indoor public settings, but will keep masking rules in place in schools for now. The mask mandate for places like grocery stores, shops and offices was put in place ...

While Gov. Kathy Hochul seems reluctant at this point to restore judicial discretion to jail defendants, some local leaders who work in the criminal justice field disagree with her. Jason Schmidt, Chautauqua County’s district attorney, said his office sees a lot of problems with the new ...

At any given time there are 112 beds across all hospitals in Chautauqua County. According to information provided daily by hospitals to New York state, all but five of those beds were currently occupied. Based on the most recent data provided by the state on its website tracking hospital bed ...