It’s good to see county officials proposing something, anything, to address the continued population loss in Chautauqua County. Like a dripping faucet that never gets fixed, Chautauqua County’s population has dropped 11.3% over the past three decades. At the same time, the United ...

An eight-year effort to build a new Brooks-TLC Hospital System has almost become an exhausting community endeavor. As the health-care operator continues to lose money on an annual basis — which is consistent with many rural hospitals — its hopes for a future depend on a state-of-the art and ...

Young, healthy people are not likely to devote much attention to news reports about shortages of medicines. However, that changes as illnesses and other conditions creep into their lives — a fact of life as people age. Therefore, the news that the Federal Trade Commission is launching a ...

Let’s not forget about those who are flying under the radar doing an excellent job when it comes to health care. We, of course, are speaking about Allegheny Health Network-Westfield Memorial Hospital. Since its affiliation with Saint Vincent in Erie — and later extending to AHN, Westfield ...

As objective and independent news writers and editors, we have an imperative to cover the issues most important to the people of Chautauqua County. Every day, our team is on the ground questioning elected officials, uplifting the stories of community changemakers, and uncovering truths that ...

Republicans’ decision not to challenge redistricting maps passed last week and signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul is telling. It says the state’s GOP realizes that the maps they will use in the November congressional election could have been a lot worse. Democrats made minor changes in ...