The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation and the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation have added Rural Philanthropy Fellows to their teams through a partnership with the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation. The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation welcomed Solimar “Soly” Vazquez as ...

Rural Minds, a local nonprofit organization focused on mental health in rural America, has recently launched a new program focused on connecting farmers to mental health resources. The new program, known as the Farmer Mental Health Resilience Program, has been developed to provide farmers and ...

Photos by Dan Kohler A resident was injured in a fire Friday evening in the town of Westfield. After extinguishing the fire at 8741 Barber Road, the Chautauqua County Fire Investigation team was requested to the scene to conduct an origin and cause fire investigation. The investigation found ...

FREWSBURG - To help provide a balanced budget, the Frewsburg Central School District Board of Education is proposing to eliminate about 8.5 positions. The 2026-27 proposed budget now stands at $24,291,748, a 2.9% increase over the current 2025-26 budget, interim Superintendent Lynda Quick ...

RIPLEY — The results of the vote are in and Ripley Central School District’s $10,196,736 capital project is a go. Unofficial results of the ballot, held from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the school’s large gymnasium, the project passed, with 103 district residents voting “yes” and 46 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel joined nearly 2,000 county leaders from across the country for the 2026 Legislative Conference hosted by the National Association of Counties (NACo) February 21–24 in Washington, D.C. Wendel, who serves on NACo’s Board of Directors, ...