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Health officials discuss smoking, vaping challenges

The good news is that traditional tobacco smoking rates in Chautauqua County are declining. The bad news is that vaping appears to be taking its place. Members of the county Health Department recently gave a presentation at a legislature committee meeting regarding smoking and vaping. ...

Fredonia hotel owner fights closure

Dunkirk Hospitality LLC is fighting the village of Fredonia’s attempts to force those staying at the former Route 60 EconoLodge to leave the building. The company filed an Article 78 lawsuit Friday asking the state Supreme Court to annul and vacate Fredonia’s April 27 direction to ...

SKF, Cummins Navigate Regulations, Global Unrest

National and global politics are helping shape the coming months for two of the area’s larger employers. Officials from Cummins and SKF talked recently with investor analysts about the effects things like tariffs, new environmental regulations and global uncertainty, particularly in the ...

SKF: 2026 Outlook Unchanged

Ongoing global restructuring efforts at SKF are paying off on the company’s bottom line to the tune of 300 million Swedish kroner. Company officials discussed SKF’s rightsizing plans during its quarterly conference call with investor analysts recently. SKF, which owns the SKF Aeroengine ...

Unitarian Church Hears From Non-Profit Founder

She didn’t plan on starting a non-profit organization. But when Randolph native Destiny Gates lived in a refugee camp in Palestine from 2018 to 2022, she knew it was time. Gates founded Refugee Alliance International, a non-profit that is working on the ground in the West Bank, Gaza, and ...