The county Health Department recorded 153 new cases of COVID-19. The statistics are from information collected Friday through Monday. Of the new cases, 52 involve people living in the Jamestown zip code; 22 were in Fredonia; 17 in Dunkirk; six in Westfield; four each in Bemus Point, Portland ...

BLOCKVILLE — A former cheesemaking facility in the county remains closed due to the new owners’ inability to come visit the plant. As reported by the OBSERVER and Post-Journal at the end of April, an Italian-based investment group purchased the former Castelli America facility in the town ...

As Ollie's Bargain Outlet prepares to open a new location in the Chautauqua Mall, the store's parent company is struggling to meet heightened expectations driven by last year's stimulus check-fueled buying bonanza. Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings Inc. officials recently released the ...

When Meghan Bartok and her fiance, James, moved to Vietnam they never could have imagined the difficulties they would face. With the spread of COVID-19, the couple and their baby, Claire, are stuck in the middle of an intense lockdown where they are confined to their home and cannot leave ...

FINDLEY LAKE — “We’re coming back pretty close to 100%,” said Larry Gross, president of Our Own Candle Company in Findley Lake, which organizes the Harvest Fest. The annual Harvest Fest, which could not take place last year, will be making up for lost time in 2021. The event will ...

The uptick in new COVID-19 cases in Chautauqua County continues as 56 were reported Friday. The number of people with the virus in the hospital also saw a bump. There are currently 281 active cases, 500 people in quarantine and a seven-day positivity rate of 8.5%. There have been 10,173 ...