In our opinion, Gov. Kathy Hochul took the wrong first step when prison workers went on strike Monday in Collins, Brocton and more than two dozen other state prisons. Because the governor didn’t immediately invoke the Taylor Act, which prohibits strikes by members of unions representing ...

We shouldn’t be surprised that Jamestown police officers are spending additional time patrolling near the Code Blue warming center on Washington Street. Some of the issues that are drawing police to be in the area in the morning and afternoon are similar to what was happening when the ...

Anyone driving from Warren to Jamestown has likely seen a billboard on the side of Route 62 warning about Chronic Wasting Disease. The disease is a fatal, neurological illness occurring in North American cervids (members of the deer family), including white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, and ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul did the right thing last week by pulling a proposed New York Power Authority rate increase for hydropower. The authority was asking to triple its hydropower rates from $12.88 per megawatt-hours to $33.05 per megawatt hour over four years as well as make some other changes ...

Discussions over a local preservation ordinance in Jamestown will continue next week. We’re sure the debate will continue over some of the points we’ve raised in this space over the past week. Taking a step away from what is, in our opinion, a poorly worded, overly punitive, rather ...

Voters won earlier this week when a bill was removed that would have delayed holding a special election to fill a vacant seat in the U.S. House of Representatives until November. The bill was pulled from consideration - a rare move given that it was given a message of necessity that would ...