New York Attorney General Letitia James released the following statement as new federal work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients take effect in New York. “SNAP is a vital safety net that helps millions of New Yorkers put food on the table. The ...

Erie County Sheriff John C. Garcia reports the rescue of two ice fishermen by the Erie County Sheriff’s Office Aviation Unit and United States Coast Guard on Sunday evening. At approximately 6:30 p.m., the U.S. Coast Guard requested assistance from the Erie County Sheriff’s Office with ...

Republican members of the New York state Senate are continuing to voice worries regarding the increasing cost of electricity. Sens. Tom O’Mara, Mario Mattera, and Mark Walczyk, Republican members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Telecommunications, sent a letter to Sen. Kevin Parker, ...

A recent meeting of the 2025-26 season of the Fredonia Shakespeare Club was hosted at the home of Judi Lutz Woods. President Karin Cockram welcomed Club members to the meeting. After a brief business meeting concluded, a paper by Barbara Albert on Indonesia was presented. This is the ...

New York state Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday held a roundtable with business leaders and farmers from Erie and Niagara counties to hear about the challenges they’ve faced over the past year while navigating the Trump administration’s tariff policies. After the Supreme Court ruled the tariffs ...

While there are no immediate plans, the newly elected Chautauqua County clerk says he may explore relocating the Jamestown Department of Motor Vehicles. County Clerk Greg Carlson recently attended the Chautauqua County Planning Board where he went over his department’s operations, ...