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Coronavirus coverage

Highlights of COVID-19 relief bill progressing in House

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic-led effort to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package has passed its latest challenge with House committees advancing measures that will soon be combined into a single bill expected to clear the full House by the end of February. Democrats beat back ...

Active COVID cases, positivity rate fall in Chautauqua County

The number of active COVID-19 cases, as well as those in quarantine and the seven-day positivity rate, dropped significantly in new statistics released Tuesday by the Chautauqua County Department of Health. It's the first set of new data released on local COVID numbers since Friday due to ...

Community Foundation addresses child care crisis

Families across Western New York know the pressure of securing quality child care, often times being placed on waiting lists before their children are even born. In Chautauqua County, that pressure has led to the region being referred to as a child care desert, a census area with over three ...

Low COVID rates seen at SUNY

Two weeks into a the spring semester and both Jamestown Community College and the State University of New York at Fredonia are reporting low numbers of new coronavirus cases. From Jan. 30 to Friday, there were a total of 26 positive cases — four from JCC and 22 at Fredonia. “Weekly ...

COVID-19 Nursing home answers needed

Democrats in the state Legislature have been unwilling to use their power to investigate what happened inside the state’s nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Maybe the admission of a cover-up will be enough to spur Democrats into action. Late Thursday night, the New York Post ...