One of New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s latest reports is enough to cause plenty of aches — to the wallet and stomach. Last week, his office released a report on the rapidly rising cost consumers are battling at the grocery stores. Though the numbers centered on the New York ...

Call it a longtime exercise in futility. For more than a decade, this newspaper has written opinion pieces and editorials advocating consolidations, warning that numerous local governments and schools were becoming a burden for a shrinking Chautauqua County population. Elected officials of the ...

Throughout his nearly five-year tenure as State University of New York at Fredonia president, Stephen Kolison has — at least publicly — come across as soft spoken. During press conferences and while leading meetings, he has rarely appeared to be too optimistic or overly disappointed. That ...

Officers of the Jamestown Kendall Club have made it their mission within the last month to become more vocal about what they perceive as a worsening crime situation in Chautauqua County’s largest municipality. In a commentary published March 1 in The Post-Journal, the Police Benevolent ...

Another domino fell in the continuing saga of Chautauqua County municipal sustainability this week. During the Fredonia Village Board meeting, a budget proposal for the 2025-26 fiscal year noted a potential 55% tax increase. In a different era, that massive figure would be tough to fathom. But ...

Public Broadcasting Service executives knew their day on the hot seat was coming for all of America to see. Since Republicans took control in January, the organization’s $553 million in funding this year from the federal government — as well as numerous other agencies — has been under the ...