Being elected to serve on a municipal board does not appear to come with the prestige it once brought in Chautauqua County. Instead, it often brings oversized headaches. Within the last year, especially in the north county, debates with the public have become almost as fractured as partisan ...

U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy is steaming over the "very unhealthy" air quality impacting Western New York --- and intends to reach out to Canada about the issue. Noting that Canada refuses to properly manage its forests, he said: "I am reaching out to Members of Parliament and the Canadian ...

Poor air quality is affecting residents across the northeast and much of New York state caused by smoke from Canadian wildfires and high temperatures creating unhealthy air for New Yorkers. An Air Quality Health Advisory for particulate matter is in effect statewide for today. Department of ...

Dunkirk’s new comptroller debuted this week at a Common Council Finance Committee meeting. The city’s seemingly endless flow of bad financial news splashed at her feet. Tracy Smith-Dengler received her City Hall keypod, then sat back and took in the latest reports, saying nothing. Nick ...

Days after walking the King Concert Hall stage to officially graduate from Fredonia High School, Neshwan Arif and Katherine Fortna were back in their old school library. Most young men and women would not volunteer to spend one of their first days of summer at a Board of Education meeting, ...

The Fredonia Board of Trustees has quietly named Timothy Mulholland to fill its fifth seat. The board slipped a 4-0 approval of Mulholland into Monday’s workshop. Trustees had no public debate or comment about the open seat, created by the resignation of Jon Espersen. The agenda item for ...