Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper is launching a new $1.6 million grant program to assist Western New York communities with environmental restoration projects. Funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper’s Western ...

Photos by Dan Kohler A resident was injured in a fire Friday evening in the town of Westfield. After extinguishing the fire at 8741 Barber Road, the Chautauqua County Fire Investigation team was requested to the scene to conduct an origin and cause fire investigation. The investigation found ...

The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation and the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation have added Rural Philanthropy Fellows to their teams through a partnership with the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation. The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation welcomed Solimar “Soly” Vazquez as ...

Rural Minds, a local nonprofit organization focused on mental health in rural America, has recently launched a new program focused on connecting farmers to mental health resources. The new program, known as the Farmer Mental Health Resilience Program, has been developed to provide farmers and ...

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 ...

FREWSBURG - To help provide a balanced budget, the Frewsburg Central School District Board of Education is proposing to eliminate about 8.5 positions. The 2026-27 proposed budget now stands at $24,291,748, a 2.9% increase over the current 2025-26 budget, interim Superintendent Lynda Quick ...