Corrections officers working in state prisons are no longer striking, but that doesn’t mean the problems in the state prison system are over. The state is still dealing with a staffing crisis in its prisons. The shortage of corrections officers was a problem before this winter’s wildcat ...
Gov. Kathy Hochul has an idea on how to keep New York’s power grid reliable in 2035 by pursuing nuclear power generation. It’s the best solution we’ve heard yet to have reliable, dispatchable electricity as it becomes pretty obvious that wind and solar power aren’t going to be able to ...
County Legislator Fred Larson, D-Jamestown, wants to see Jamestown represented on the Chautauqua County Land Bank board. It’s something that we would like to see County Executive PJ Wendel keep in mind when making appointments to the land bank in the future - but it’s really not a major ...
Not everyone enjoys Lewis Black’s particular brand of comedy. But Chautauqua County residents should be able to agree that the south county has been the beneficiary of Black’s ties to the National Comedy Center. The noted stand-up comedian helped bring a week of laughs to the Chautauqua ...
Twice during the heat dome that drove temperatures into the mid 90s in late June, the state Independent System Operator issued an energy warning. During the hottest days of the hot spell the ISO was noticing a decline in operating reserves. On June 29, the grid operated normally but ...
It was drilled into me at an early age that part of being an American was the belief in the separation of Church and State. Of course, the foundation of that belief goes back to the earliest history of the country when immigrants came here from Europe to escape religious persecution. That ...