Delivery of the OBSERVER during the rest of the week could be affected by the lake-effect snowstorm that is forecast to impact Chautauqua County through Saturday. Because of this, the OBSERVER will offer free web access for its online content through Sunday. In addition, print subscribers will ...

The Dunkirk Common Council moved to reduce a proposed 108% tax rate in the 2025 city budget Tuesday — but Mayor Kate Wdowiasz apparently plans to veto it, in part over concerns about a hike in water and wastewater rates, and an interest payment on a Revenue Anticipation Note ...

SHERIDAN – A garage was damaged in a fire Monday night. According to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, at about 10 p.m. a garage was reported on fire on Meyers Road, Forestville, in the town of Sheridan. The Sheridan Fire Department, along with mutual aid, including the ...

ARKWRIGHT --- Heavy lake-effect snowfall caused the collapse of a barn on Tarbox Road on Monday, resulting in the deaths of five cows and trapping approximately 100 others. Emergency crews responded to the scene and worked under challenging conditions, including deep snow accumulation, to ...

Lake-effect snows are impacting health and educational centers. Besides schools being closed across the region, The Chautauqua Center, Inc. has announced that its location in Forestville, and Chautauqua Physical and Occupational Therapy in Mayville, are closed due to inclement ...

A woman enroute to a heart transplant in Cleveland Clinic received an assist from New York State Police after being stuck on Route 5 Friday during the lake-effect snowstorm. Troopers made contact with the 64-year-old woman who left the Rochester area with her husband. While traveling in the ...