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High area gas prices start slow decline

When it comes to inflated gasoline prices in both Chautauqua and Warren counties, officials admit to having no answers. Six months after calling on state and federal law enforcement to investigate the persistently higher prices, Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel says he remains committed ...

Retiring BPU GM Looks Back On Career

As David Leathers, Board Of Public Utilities general manager, prepares for retirement at the end of the month, he is also looking back at his career with the BPU, spanning back to 20 years ago. Leathers’s career has not just been in power generation, with the BPU having multiple other ...

DA Predicts Burham Will Spend Rest Of His Life In Prison

Michael Burham is already facing 25 to 50 years in prison for kidnapping an elderly couple. Now he may spend the rest of his life behind bars. District Attorney Jason Schmidt announced late Wednesday that Michael Burham, 37, of Jamestown pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, arising from ...

Region’s Maternity Care Losses Are U.S. Trend

Warren General Hospital administrators were fully aware they had been bucking a national trend. As the number of rural hospitals across the United States began closing maternity units over the last decade, this Warren County, Pa., facility was thinking primarily about care for its ...

Lawmaker Wants Harsher Move Over Law Penalty

A state lawmaker is proposing to designate a violation of the state’s Move Over Law a five-point traffic violation on driver’s licenses. In 2010, New York State implemented the Move Over Law to prevent collisions with emergency vehicles that were stopped on the road. The law has been ...

Entertainment Inbound: The Zone Expansion Nearing Completion

The long-awaited opening of The Zone at the Northwest Arena is coming later this year. Arena officials have been long working on an expansion project that will bring various new and exciting options to the space. After the completion of a large expansion that added about 5,000 square feet to ...