Proposed state DEC regulations changing what qualifies as wetlands seem innocuous on their face. But we agree with Ellen Barnes, a Lakewood Village Board members, that what the DEC is talking about could have drastic ramifications for both those who own property along Chautauqua Lake’s ...

State highway road signs have taken a turn in recent years, taking advantage of electronic options to get the point across using a bit of humor. Not all of them have been good. Some barely reached the level of dad jokes that have been around for multiple generations. Others were clever, ...

Jamestown City Council members are poised to join Dunkirk in taking the state’s Pro Housing Communities pledge. When it comes to New York state, however, the pledge is only as good as the money it brings in - and New York doesn’t have a great track record of funding housing projects in ...

We still think the county’s market analysis to determine if the county should try again to restore commercial air service to the Chautauqua County Airport in Jamestown is a waste of money - as most county spending on trying to restore Essential Air Service has been. The study isn’t ...

Yet another proposal to increase the state’s minimum wage has been introduced in the state Legislature - and this one could be particularly damaging to upstate New York.. For the past eight years, there have been two minimum wages in New York state - one for the New York City region and ...

The news that Jamestown Business College will close its doors as soon as 2025 comes as quite a shock. After all, we hear a lot about the needs for a skilled workforce, and JBC was an affordable place to pursue a bachelor’s degree in business management and associate’s degrees in ...