Dunkirk residents who are seeking more information — or want to be a part of the discussion regarding a possible nuclear plant — are invited to attend a session that follows tonight’s council meeting. City Mayor Kate Wdowiasz has invited Dr. Andrew Whittaker, PhD, PE, SE, a SUNY ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has an idea on how to keep New York’s power grid reliable in 2035 by pursuing nuclear power generation. It’s the best solution we’ve heard yet to have reliable, dispatchable electricity as it becomes pretty obvious that wind and solar power aren’t going to be able to ...

Fiscally troubled Dunkirk inaccurately believes it dodged the bullet of a control board in the last month when Gov. Kathy Hochul played both Santa Claus and the Grinch and came through with a $13.6 million loan that includes a 7.5% interest rate. Though not all the electeds were on board with ...

In many instances, customers receive refunds or price reductions for purchases or services that they believe are not up to standards. It happens when items are returned at a store or when purchasing an item off a restaurant menu. Though that customer may not always be right, business does its ...

It is not often that Trustees Michelle Twichell and Jon Espersen are on the same page. They were last month in a 3-2 vote that approved the hiring of a new firefighter. “I really don’t see where we have the money right now to hire anyone else,” Twichell said before the vote. Espersen ...

County Legislator Fred Larson, D-Jamestown, wants to see Jamestown represented on the Chautauqua County Land Bank board. It’s something that we would like to see County Executive PJ Wendel keep in mind when making appointments to the land bank in the future - but it’s really not a major ...