On Jan. 14, the Chautauqua County Health Department announced the 47th death from COVID-19 in the county. In the entire Vietnam War, there were 46 from our county who died. COVID-19 has now claimed more lives here in less than a year than did the Vietnam War. There are, of course, ...

In terms of population, Chautauqua is the 23rd largest county in New York state. When it comes to COVID-19 numbers, it ranks a bit higher. With a total of 6,961 positive cases since the start of the pandemic through Thursday, Chautauqua County is 20th of 62 counties for total number of ...

The Chautauqua County Department of Health reported 121 new COVID cases along with three new virus-related deaths from information collected over the weekend. To date, there have been 7,081 confirmed cases as well as 125 fatalities related to the coronavirus. Of the new cases, 26 have ...

On the holiday weekend of Jan. 16 to 18, the horror and cruelty of the pandemic was front and center for those connected to the Chautauqua Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Dunkirk. On the outside, area families with loved ones as patients at the location were dealing with a sense of ...

Slightly more than 70% of those who have died due to COVID-19-related complications within Chautauqua County during the nearly yearlong pandemic have occurred in the last 30 days. What’s more, at least 50 of the 122 confirmed virus fatalities involve former residents of area nursing ...

When Dunkirk native Scott Thrasher’s boss at Hanover Health Care Center in New Hampshire asked him about his Super Bowl plans, Thrasher joked that he wasn’t going to watch the Bills play. When asked if he wanted to go, he laughed. His boss wasn’t joking. Thrasher, 42, will be at ...