Eight individuals are facing charges after a search warrant was executed in Dunkirk around 6:20 a.m. Friday. The Dunkirk Police Department along with special response team, Dunkirk Police Narcotics Detectives, Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Investigators, the Dunkirk Police K-9 ...

The OBSERVER is offering its e-edition free on Friday as the heavy snow forecast for the Buffalo area is making U.S. Postal Service delivery of Friday's edition via mail uncertain. To view the e-edition, visit observertoday.com and click on "Today's Paper" at the top of the website. Gov. ...

Chautauqua County is moving ahead with raising some of its landfill fees. During Wednesday night’s legislature meeting, county lawmakers voted 12-3 for a new fee structure which includes an increase in municipal solid waste at the transfer stations by $3 per ton. Voting against the ...

OBSERVER Photo by Gregory Bacon This vehicle landed on its roof on Stockton-Hartfield Road in the town of Chautauqua a little before 9 a.m. Thursday. An ambulance from the Hartfield Fire Department was at the scene. Roads were very slick in Mayville at the time.

The Chautauqua Lake Protection and Rehabilitation Agency public information meeting that was set to take place Thursday at 5 p.m. in the Legislature Chambers has been canceled due to current weather conditions. Information about the rescheduled meeting will be released at a later date. The ...

All Chautauqua County school districts, including Dunkirk City School District, have decided to cancel school for Friday, according to a press release sent this afternoon by Dunkirk. The move comes because of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s declaration of a state of emergency in Chautauqua and 10 ...