WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden panned a Republican alternative to his $1.9 trillion COVID rescue plan as insufficient as Senate Democrats pushed ahead, voting to launch a process that could approve his sweeping rescue package on their own, if Republicans refuse to support it. Biden ...

The Chautauqua County Health Department reported one of its lowest totals in new COVID cases in recent memory Wednesday morning with 37. To date there have been 6,822 confirmed cases, with 339 currently considered active. No new virus-related deaths were recorded and remain at 111 during the ...

Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel and the COVID-19 Response Team recently launched COVID-19 Heroes, a recognition program to highlight the outstanding work of people working on the frontlines of the coronavirus fight in the county. “Early in the pandemic, we recognized many local ...

As a new semester gets underway, enrollment worries continue to be a focus at the State University of New York at Fredonia. President Dr. Stephen Kolison praised the campus during a meeting with the Dunkirk-Fredonia Rotary Club during the winter recess, while lamenting a decline in support ...

Entering January, Chautauqua County had a COVID positivity rate of 10.7%. That number is calculated by taking the number of confirmed cases over a seven-day span and comparing it to the total number of tests administered during that time. New York state used the metric to place restrictions ...

Welcome back. On Monday, the Dunkirk City School District saw the return of students to buildings after nearly a month of being in the remote model. “I’ve heard nothing but good things today,” Superintendent Mike Mansfield said. “There are no problems that I’m aware of.” Mansfield ...