There are some amazing people who do amazing things - or endure amazing things - throughout our midst in Chautauqua County. Naturally, stories focusing on neighbors and friends are well-read every year - including these five that were among the most-read stories on post-journal.com over the ...

Chautauqua County is looking for a new county attorney. Ana Morgan, who had been appointed the county attorney in July 2024, resigned after the last county legislature meeting, which took place on Dec. 17. Neither County Executive PJ Wendel nor County Legislature Chairman Pierre Chagnon ...

The Southwestern-Frewsburg football team was a success on the field. Judging from the result of a survey reviewed recently by the Southwestern Central School Board of Education, it was a success off the field, too. A discussion on the shared sports took place at the most recent meeting on ...

Alicia Birch is no stranger to rare medical diagnoses, with her son Vincent Ognibene having Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome. The Jamestown woman is also no stranger to advocating for the needs of her son, something which recently took them all the way to New York City to get Vincent the help that he ...

The pay of the chief executive officer of the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency will be going up significantly. Earlier this year, the county IDA Board of Directors voted to increase the pay of Mark Geise from $79,301 in 2025 to $100,000 in 2026, a 26.1% increase. This is ...

Earlier this year, Fredonia High School senior Neshwan Arif had an experience that only a few students around the nation will ever have. Arif got a chance to present his research at a conference held at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Orlando, Fla. Arif and a group of his peers presented ...