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FAIR News Act heads to Hochul for signature

The state Legislature has passed legislation that will require notification if news organizations use artificial intelligence while generating news content. The legislation passed the Senate 53-7 with Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, among the no votes. The Assembly vote was 130-1 with ...

K9 Complex building effort starts in Sherman

SHERMAN - While Chautauqua County may always be Buffalo Bills and Sabres country, another competition is drawing more followers than ever — dog sports. After realizing the need for a place to train dogs for competition,Christine McKay conceived the idea of creating The K9 Complex, a dog ...

Drug, harassment charges filed after downtown fracas

Five individuals are facing charges after a fight in downtown Jamestown last week. Around midnight Wednesday, Jamestown Police Department officers responded to the area of the Wine Cellar for multiple subjects fighting. Upon arrival, officers attempted to disburse the crowd but located Marc Staples actively trying to continue the fight. Officers attempted to remove Staples from the situation at which time he became combative with officers. Staples was quickly taken into custody. While attempting to detain Rashid Jabbar, he also became uncooperative with officers and was taken into ...

‘Core To Shore’: Jamestown awarded second $10M DRI award from state

Nine years ago, the city of Jamestown was one of the first municipalities included in a round of funding from the state under the Downtown Revitalization Initiative. On Friday, it was announced that they would again receive funding from this initiative as a part of Round Nine, totalling ...

State-backed CLP, NC State study begins

Work has begun in earnest on a state-backed study by the Chautauqua Lake Partnership and North Carolina State University. In April, the CLP announced that it had received $42,813 from the state DEC for a project that will focus on evaluating potential ecological trends and thresholds to ...