The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office has announced a new partnership Wednesday with AXON to deploy its Community Request integration with Ring smart camera devices. This partnership allows the Sheriff’s Office to invite Ring users to voluntarily share camera footage that may assist law ...

ELLICOTT — Chautauqua County’s Jamestown Airport will soon welcome Archie’s Airport Diner, a new full-service breakfast and lunch destination opening in March. Family, Food, Flight. The three things are the inspiration for Archies Diner, according to owner Matthew Newton. The Newton ...

OBSERVER Photos by Braden Carmen A basement blaze at 170 King St. in Dunkirk had the attention of responders around 2 p.m. Wednesday. Crews from Dunkirk Fire Department, East Dunkirk, Chautauqua County EMS, Emergency Services and Fredonia Fire Department responded to the call. The fire was ...

ALBANY — The state and its taxpayers cannot afford to allow Medicaid spending to keep growing at five times the inflation rate, the Empire Center’s Bill Hammond warns in testimony to be delivered Tuesday to the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committees. The state-funded share of New York’s ...

The New York Republican State Committee unanimously nominated Joseph Hernandez as its candidate for State Comptroller at the Republican State Convention held in Garden City. As the party’s official nominee, Hernandez will appear on the Republican Party ballot line in this November’s ...

MAYVILLE – Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel has appointed Emily Woodard, Esq. as the new Chautauqua County attorney, bringing more than a decade of legal experience and a deep commitment to public service in Chautauqua County to the role. Woodard has served in the Chautauqua County ...