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Seneca Nation to receive over $1.7M

The Seneca Nation will receive $1,745,554 in American Rescue Plan funding from the federal Housing and Urban Development Department. Marcia L. Fudge, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary, said Thursday $450 million in Indian Housing Block Grants is being distributed to Native American tribes across the country to respond to COVID-19. The funding will be used to help tribes carry out affordable housing activities to protect the safety and health of their tribal members and communities. “With the enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, President ...

UPMC long-term care residents mount antibody response to COVID vaccination

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Elderly residents of long-term care facilities mount a detectable antibody response to COVID-19 vaccination, according to a recently conducted survey of UPMC Senior Community residents. Because it’s not yet known how long the antibodies persist, the authors’ urged ...

Wells offers COVID vaccinations

Wells Enterprises, Inc., is offering COVID-19 vaccinations to workers at an onsite clinic in Dunkirk today and Monday. The state of New York now recognizes food processing workers as an eligible priority group for vaccination. In partnership with Chautauqua County Department of Health and Wegmans Food Markets, Wells is offering the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine at no charge to all who work at the Dunkirk facility. “We’re proud to be doing our part to provide team members with the vaccine against COVID-19. We’ve been working with health officials to ensure safety for the ...

County fair decision due in May

Does the Chautauqua County Fair take a chance and open in 2021? That’s the question weighing on its board of directors’ minds at the moment. “We’re kind of in a hold pattern, basically it’s all in the governor’s (Andrew Cuomo) hands,” said Dave Wilson, president of the county ...

Bowling alley ‘made the best of a rough situation’

As local businesses are able to return customers to a percentage of their regular capacity, the flow of both people and revenue has been much-needed for a lot of places. Lucky Lanes owner Paul Nocek is one of the many business owners happy to see people coming back. COVID-19 guidelines ...

Vaccinations Shot availability was not the issue last week

For the first few months they were available, COVID-19 vaccinations were the hottest ticket in Chautauqua County. Clinics would be announced and fill up within minutes. Is that trend reversing? A clinic at Jamestown Community College announced late March 29 did not fill up quickly. In fact, almost 24 hours after the clinic was announced there were still hundreds of appointments still available. By Wednesday morning, the clinic was finally filled. One would have thought the March 31 clinic would have filled even faster than previous clinics because the state has rapidly made ...