PANAMA — There are a few main reasons why Clymer, Sherman and Panama school districts are the three looking into a potential merger, compared to joining up with any other schools in the local area, and this was one of many topics addressed during the third community forum for the merger ...

Public Service Commission member John B. Howard was quickly aware of the shock value that loomed for utility users following a decision made on a February 2023 afternoon. After the panel approved $6.6 billion in transmission upgrades to reduce congestion in three regions by a 4-2 vote for ...

A Fredonia complex is one of 25 properties and districts recommended by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to add to the State and National Registers of Historic Places. The nominations include an intact 1905 metal casting foundry complex in Hudson, an 1873 ...

Dunkirk City School District Superintendent Brian Swatland envisions a 2% property tax hike in the 2026-27 budget. However, he acknowledged that could leave the district about $133,000 short of balancing the spending plan. Swatland suggested the 2% hike to the Dunkirk Board of Education to ...

The state Division of Human Rights has ruled in favor of Chautauqua County and several of its employees in a discrimination case. Leanne Luka-Conley is petitioning Chautauqua County Supreme Court to overturn the order that found no probable cause to believe unlawful conduct occurred. She ...

A Dunkirk man driving on a revoked non-driver's identification card led police on two chases Tuesday in the town of Hanover and the city of Dunkirk. At 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, David P. Topliffe, 45, of Dunkirk was charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, second-degree ...