The Chautauqua County Department of Health reported 122 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. To date, 5,424 people have been confirmed to have the virus. Of the new cases, 20 involve people living in the Dunkirk zip code, nine in Fredonia, 20 in Jamestown. 14 in Bemus Point, seven in Brocton, ...

Roughly three-quarters of school districts in the OBSERVER's readership area graduated at least 85% of their students in 2020. The state Education Department has released graduation rates for the 2016 cohort, students who first entered ninth grade in New York's public schools in 2016. The ...

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is unveiling a $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan Thursday to turn the tide on the pandemic, speeding up the vaccine rollout and providing financial help to individuals, states and local governments and businesses struggling with the prolonged ...

State leaders around the U.S. are increasingly pushing for schools to reopen this winter — pressuring them, even — as teachers begin to gain access to the vaccine against the raging pandemic. Ohio's governor offered to give vaccinations to teachers at the start of February, provided their ...

Another COVID-related death was reported Thursday by the Chautauqua County Department of Health, marking 47 during the pandemic. The county also recorded 105 new cases of the virus, totaling 5,302 to date. The number of active cases, meanwhile, went from 695 to 721, according to information ...

Rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine combined with a tuition stay for the coming school year have Jamestown Community College President Dr. Daniel DeMarte optimistic about the future of Jayhawks athletics. JCC announced last week that yearly tuition rates for the 2021-22 school year will remain at ...