The pay of the chief executive officer of the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency will be going up significantly. Earlier this year, the county IDA Board of Directors voted to increase the pay of Mark Geise from $79,301 in 2025 to $100,000 in 2026, a 26.1% increase. This is ...

BROCTON — What Emergency Medical Technician Dave Hazelton described as a large chunk of ceiling recently fell from the auditorium of the Fire Hall. Hazelton thinks it is just a warning sign of much bigger problems ahead. “I’m concerned that one of these days, we’re going to have a ...

It was miserable at times for many in Dunkirk and Fredonia. The governments of both the city and the village faced serious financial difficulties, and a lot of their residents did, too. The story that caused the biggest outcry was elected officials’ scrutiny of a Dunkirk homeless man. It ...

Earlier this year, Fredonia High School senior Neshwan Arif had an experience that only a few students around the nation will ever have. Arif got a chance to present his research at a conference held at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Orlando, Fla. Arif and a group of his peers presented ...

More than $3 million, including a major project for the village of Fredonia, has been awarded to Chautauqua County through the State's Regional Economic Development Council initiative that are designed to help catalyze economic growth, jump-start housing growth, and advance regionally designed ...

Yet another piece of legislation has been introduced seeking further limits on sports betting in New York state. Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, D-New York City, recently introduced legislation (A.9343) that would no longer allow casinos and mobile sports betting platforms to accept in-play ...