It will be interesting to see the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency’s response to a state audit by the Authorities Budget Office. That report made 42 recommendations for the IDA to improve its operations, including co-mingling of the IDA, Chautauqua Regional Economic ...

When politicians talk about the amount of taxpayer money available to help with everything from education to infrastructure improvements, they get a little quieter when it’s time to look at how hard the federal government makes it to jump through the hoops to actually get that money. It ...

Bills like A.4009, which passed the state Assembly recently, are where legislative Democrats in New York lose the high ground over voting policy. The bill requires local jails to provide a voter registration form and voting information when they are released. Assemblyman Eddie Gibbs, D-New ...

It will be up to a judge to decide if a former Jamestown employee is guilty wedging a knife in a couch and spiking a juice bottle with glass cleaner inside a vacant property. If the former employee is found guilty he should be punished. But the question that lingers after reading the ...

A multi-state manhunt has come to an end. The search for Michael Burham wasn’t as protracted as the search for Ralph Phillips, but for a short time it was just as disruptive. School days were disrupted in Chautauqua and Warren counties as schools did their best to keep school children out ...

Today is Memorial Day, a day that has different meanings to different people. For some, it’s just a day off from work or school that gives us a three-day weekend. For some, it’s an excuse to fire up the barbecue for the first time or spend time with family and friends. And while ...