The National Comedy Center is seeking some funds from the county to help promote the center, particularly in parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania. This week, National Comedy Center Director Journey Gunderson and Marketing Director Gary Hahn met with the county legislature’s Planning and Economic ...

An investigation into narcotics activity in Pomfret has led to the arrest of a Dunkirk man. A search warrant was executed at 9:44 a.m. Tuesday by narcotics investigators from the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office and the Jamestown Police Department at 5341 Van Buren Road. Located inside ...

MAYVILLE – A Dunkirk man who went to trial and got a hung jury after being accused of unintentionally shooting two youths in a 2022 drive-by incident in Dunkirk has accepted a plea agreement instead of having another trial. The new trial, which was on the court calendar for next week, was ...

Fredonia’s trustees set hearings for next week on a 2026-27 budget proposal that includes a 4% tax increase and a $10 hike in the mandatory “base rate” paid by all village water users. A trio of hearings will begin at 4:30 p.m. Monday in the trustees’ Village Hall meeting room. The ...

A pair of fire districts are facing the loss of future support regarding a lack of payment to Chautauqua County. The Chautauqua County Office of the County Attorney said in a news release issued Thursday that it is taking steps to resolve unpaid fees owed by the Forestville and Frewsburg Fire ...

Chautauqua County is moving ahead with plans to publish the salaries of elected county officials on its website. The only significant change from the original proposal is that it would be done in the fall rather than the spring. In March, County Legislator Fred Larson, D-Jamestown, ...