Breaking News

Top stories

What’s in city’s Safe Streets For All projects

 Jamestown's Safe Streets for All Plan will take its turn on center stage in the next two weeks. The plan is scheduled for discussion at this week's Planning Commission meeting as well as at an Aug. 26 meeting starting at 5 p.m. at the James Prendergast Library. So, what's in the plan? There are nine potential project locations identified so far. Here's what's up for discussion at public meetings over the next couple of weeks. MAIN STREET Main Street from Second to Sixth streets is an area that has seen four injuries involving fatalities or serious injuries. Possible ...

Lifting a community

Gov. Kathy Hochul put pen to paper to ensure that a new hospital would be built in northern Chautauqua County. Thursday afternoon, she signed something just as important, but even more practical. Hochul visited the site of the future Northern Chautauqua Hospital, located at 412 East Main St. ...

Council discusses ongoing issues with Third Street flags

Mayor Kim Ecklund spoke with the city council during their City Council members have been receiving complaints about the American flags that hang on the Third Street bridge not being hung or displayed correctly, as they get twisted around their respective poles. The issue was discussed ...

NSCU researchers begin fall aquatic plant survey

North Carolina State University researchers are in the midst of their annual lakeside aquatic plant survey. Chautauqua Lake Partnership officials made note of the survey as part of the organization’s summer newsletter released earlier this week. The university’s fall 2025 survey of ...

Shut Down Sought

Testimony from two former board members of Healing for Heroes are among the exhibits entered into evidence by the state Attorney General’s Office in its attempt to close the charity. Joshua Larsen and Lisa Borbe both filed affidavits in the case. Attorney General Letitia James filed court ...