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Coronavirus coverage

In-person learning to resume next week in Fredonia

Come March 1, Fredonia Central Schools will return to in-person instruction for a number of grade levels. In a letter posted to its website and signed by Superintendent Dr. Bradley Zilliox, a timeline was announced on Friday. It includes: ≤ Grades three, four and five will return to school ...

State GOP support bill to end Cuomo’s executive powers

New York's Republicans are trying to get state Democrats to take action to strip Gov. Andrew Cuomo of his emergency powers. Republicans in the Senate and Assembly plan to introduce hostile amendments on the Senate and Assembly floor to end Cuomo's emergency authority. Republicans have said ...

County ‘hopeful’ high COVID trends are waning

Chautauqua County is hoping it is "beyond our peak of cases" regarding COVID-19 Breeanne Agett, epidemiologist with the county Health Department, said what happened here was consistent with trends across the state and country as COVID-19 cases surged in December 2020 and January 2021. “With ...

Report: state quashed plan to put vaccination center in Chautauqua County

New York state reportedly quashed a federal plan to put a vaccination center in Chautauqua County. NBC News reported early Monday morning that the Biden Administration had begun looking for sites for four small vaccination centers in New York state. Federal officials ranked the best spots ...

Wendel: ‘Hats off’ to residents as COVID stats trend down

Chautauqua County arguably had one of its best weeks statistically this year when it comes to new COVID cases, hospitalizations and active cases over a seven-day span. County Executive PJ Wendel attributed the ongoing downward trend in those crucial categories to residents complying with ...

SUNY Fredonia enhances COVID tracker

As return to campus for the spring semester, Jim Malatras, State University of New York chancellor, has launched enhancements to the COVID-19 Tracker dashboard. The upgrades allow additional transparency on SUNY’s 64 colleges and universities, so campuses have the most information to ...