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National Grid crews continue power restoration efforts

National Grid has deployed nearly 3,300 line, tree, and public safety specialists to assess damage, clean up debris and restore power to customers caused by a multi-day windstorm affecting Upstate New York. As of 3 p.m. on Tuesday, National Grid has restored service to more than 112,000 of ...

High winds do damage overnight throughout region

Western New York woke up to outages and damages from high winds overnight after winds reached more than 70 mph in the north county. There were reports of wires and trees down throughout region since the winds started around 4 p.m. Sunday during a high wind warning. National Grid is ...

Site work begins for new hospital in Fredonia this week

Kaleida Health announced Monday that initial site work for the new $224 million Northern Chautauqua Hospital project begins this week. Turner Construction Co. subcontracted with Fredonia-based S. St. George General Contracting to perform the preliminary site work, including setting up ...

Sentencing announced in fatal botched robbery that killed Dunkirk man

A former Amherst resident has been sentenced to eight years in prison and five years of parole supervision for his role in a 2024 botched robbery attempt in the city of Jamestown. The incident resulted in the shooting death of a Dunkirk man, one of his accomplices, and gunshot injuries ...

Jamestown man tied to sex trafficking, drugs pleads guilty

A Jamestown man has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking conspiracy and drug charges. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced Friday that Kelvin Thomas, 43, entered the plea before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years and a maximum of life. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua A. Violanti, who is handling the case, stated that between October and December 2022, Thomas conspired with Zaid Mendoza and Cora Waddington to conduct a sex trafficking operation involving two individuals with drug addictions, Victim 1 and Victim 2. As part ...

A Fredonia complex is one of 25 properties and districts recommended by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to add to the State and National Registers of Historic Places. The nominations include an intact 1905 metal casting foundry complex in Hudson, an 1873 house that reflects Syracuse’s layered history of immigration, urban renewal, and grassroots preservation, a cohesive group of Colonial Revival apartment buildings in Kenmore built during the 1920s and 1930s suburban housing boom, and an amendment to the 1971 nomination for Revolutionary-era ...