New York state’s roller-coaster investment in a pair of major corporations through its Buffalo Billions program of a decade ago took another wild ride within the last 30 days. As the highly touted Tesla began shedding jobs, nationwide and at the Queen City plant, Dunkirk’s $200 million ...

Debate over wind turbines being placed in the Great Lakes is constantly swirling. A feasibility study released in late 2022 by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority that did not support the placement of turbines in the Lakes Erie and Ontario was thought to be a dagger for ...

Firestorms have embroiled John B. King Jr. in every leadership role he has accepted over the last decade. During his controversial stint as New York state Education Commissioner from 2011 to 2014, King royally rocked the boat of numerous public schools with reform strategies that included ...

How much more collateral damage will there be from the generous COVID funds that were handed out by the federal government that came with little oversight? If the city of Dunkirk is any indication, we may just be at the tip of the iceberg. Two north-county municipalities have been in the ...

Dunkirk’s former power generating station located on the shores of Lake Erie has always been a love-hate relationship for its residents. City, school and county officials historically understood the payoff it brought in terms of adding to a deteriorating tax base and high-paying jobs. But ...

More than 10 months ahead of Monday’s solar eclipse, Chautauqua County’s Noel Guttman was already taking control of preparations for the historic event. During a Public Safety Committee meeting in June, the emergency services director was one of the first officials across the state and ...