New York state has requested a United States Department of Agriculture Secretarial Disaster Designation for counties in the Hudson Valley, Capital Region, Central New York, Southern Tier and the Western New York regions. Following an early bloom due to warmer than normal temperatures, ...

Vets Finding Vets has awarded Alex Hudson its 2026 Soldiers’ Friend Scholarship. Fenton was the choice of the judges because of his two years with ROTC while attending Niagara University, and for his future plan for becoming a chaplain and an officer in the US Army. Fenton visited the ...

The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities will sell freshly grilled hot dogs from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, June 12, outside the BPU’s Customer Service Office, 92 Steele St., Jamestown. A rain date for the sale is Friday, June 19. BPU volunteers will sell hot dogs, chips, water and ...

Photos by Dan Kohler Crews from numerous departments responded to a structure fire at 6807 Plank Road in Mayville. The fire occurred around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and destroyed the site. Responding departments included: Chautauqua County EMS, Sherman, Panama, Westfield, Chautauqua, Maple ...

The Audubon Community Nature Center will host its annual Dragons and Fairies Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 13. Visitors can try their hand at kid-safe archery, join a drum circle, listen to the Fairy Queen’s stories, watch a puppet show, play games, go on scavenger ...

Fredonia’s short-staffed Board of Trustees held a minimal meeting Tuesday afternoon. Mayor Michael Ferguson stated at the start of the 20-minute meeting that the three attending trustees would be considering an abbreviated agenda. He said that for some items previously on the agenda, ...