A pair of state grants applications to install a pump track in Jackson-Taylor on Washington Street would represent quite an investment — $3.5 million with a pretty sizable local matching requirement. It’s a worthy investment — if the pump track is going to be used. For all the ...

There has been a lot of federal and state grant money flowing through Jamestown over the past couple of years — but a $20,000 application to the New York Main Street Program could be particularly impactful if the city receives it. Despite all the money flowing into the city some buildings ...

The breakdown of gaming compact negotiations between the Seneca Nation of Indians and New York state shows just how addicted to gaming dollars the state is becoming. A January 2021 report by the Spectrum Gaming Group found the Upstate gaming market — an area that includes all of Western ...

As if there were any real question, yes, Democrats and Republicans can waste your money equally well. Look no further than public information officers hired in Chautauqua County. Governments that just a few years were crying poverty now are finding money to pay full time wages for a position ...

There is one claim made pretty regularly regarding the use of herbicides on Chautauqua Lake — made by scientists, mind you — that we wish had actually decided either true or false by scientists rather than being bandied about as a working hypothesis as if it were fact. We speak about the ...

Another year has quickly passed, and we’ve arrived at the beginning of high school graduation season. Graduation is typically accompanied by mixed emotions for students, parents and families throughout the region. There will be tears of joy and sadness — joy of reaching a milestone and ...