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Opinion

COVID Guidelines Changing For The Better

In Our Opinion

It took four long years, but U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials are finally ready to recommend parents should treat COVID-19 and its variants like any other respiratory illness. It is no longer a federal recommendation that students undergo isolation periods and ...

Eclipse Is A Moment In The Sun For All

Local Commentaries

PATH OF TOTALITY—Let’s pick up where we left off last week. The April 8, 2024, eclipse was a moment in—or perhaps out of—the sun for Chautauqua County, for Western New York, and for all of those throughout North America in the path of totality. It was fun, because it was a solar ...

Former Station’s Curse Grips Dunkirk Finances

Editor's Corner

Dunkirk’s former power generating station located on the shores of Lake Erie has always been a love-hate relationship for its residents. City, school and county officials historically understood the payoff it brought in terms of adding to a deteriorating tax base and high-paying jobs. But ...

It’s Ludicrous Truth In Campaigning Bill Is Needed

In Our Opinion

Bills like Assemblywoman Gina Sillitti’s truth in campaigning legislation introduced recently in the state Assembly aren’t new. They’ve existed in one form or another for decades. What’s changed is the need for them. We have former House Rep. George Santos to thank for that. In ...

Topix Forums May Help Provide Some Answers

In Our Opinion

It’s hard to fathom that Topix forums, of all places, could hold a key to finally finding the murderer of Yolanda Bindics. The Jamestown woman was last seen the night of Aug. 10, 2004, and her body found in September 2006 by hunters in a heavily wooded area in the town of Charlotte. ...