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Discovering a herd of tree cattle

Nature Educator and Animal Care Specialist We are in the midst of summer camp season here at Audubon, and with camp comes a plethora of discoveries. While campers are exploring the woods, ponds, and fields, they often find strange and wonderful things—things that even our seasoned staff ...

County awarded $1M mental health service grant

The Chautauqua County Department of Mental Hygiene has been awarded a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support comprehensive community mental health services for children with serious emotional disturbances. The funding is provided through the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED) program and will help strengthen access to coordinated behavioral health services for children and families throughout Chautauqua County. "Every child deserves access to the mental health care and ...

Despite objections, county OKs office move in Jamestown

JAMESTOWN – The Chautauqua County Legislature is moving ahead with plans to relocate a number of its departments, including Social Services and the Department of Motor Vehicles, to a new centralized location. The decision was not unanimous and was not supported by three of the four ...

Osborn Nash coming to the Cassadaga Floating Stage

CASSADAGA – On Sunday, July 26 from 5-7 p.m., Osborn Nash will be gracing the Cassadaga Floating Stage. The duo Bob Campbell-Nash and Liz Osborn are back by popular demand. They were voted the “WYRK Taste of Country Risers.” They have opened for Tim McGraw, Wynonna Judd, and Blake ...

Investigation into shooting UPMC parking lot is closed

JAMESTOWN - The investigation into a shooting near UPMC Chautauqua on Wednesday afternoon revealed two people each died as the result of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Jamestown police issued an update around 1 p.m. Thursday. Officers responded to the hospital at 2:10 p.m. Wednesday for a report of two unresponsive individuals in a vehicle in the parking lot of the emergency department. Upon arrival, it was determined that the two victims were deceased. Because the wounds appear to be self-inflicted, the Jamestown Police Department said in a statement there is no criminal ...

Inmate killed in Collins Correctional Facility

COLLINS – An inmate in a Western New York facility has apparently been killed by a fellow inmate. According to State Police, on Tuesday at about 11 p.m., the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision notified the Bureau of Criminal Investigation of an altercation at Collins Correctional Facility that resulted in the death of an incarcerated individual. The preliminary investigation revealed that an incarcerated individual attacked a second incarcerated individual in a Residential Rehabilitation Unit, resulting in serious physical injury. The incarcerated victim was ...