It’s encouraging to see some discussion of a metro police force in the Jamestown area. Mayor Eddie Sundquist has approached the town of Ellicott about creating a metro police division, citing the difficulty in recruiting new officers and the possibility of Ellicott saving money if it ...

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland should have found a new attorney — preferably one with clear conservative credentials and a solid resume as a prosecutor — for special counsel status in the investigation of the president’s son, Hunter Biden. While we acknowledge many Republican ...

Two major community events take place this weekend, signaling the official close of the summer season. In Cassadaga, the Labor Day Festival — coordinated by Citizens for a Better Cassadaga — runs from Saturday to Monday while Dunkirk hosts the third annual Latino Lakefront Festival on ...

As Chautauqua County officials investigate possible fees for boaters on Chautauqua Lake, we hope they don’t make the same mistakes as were made during the investigation of a taxing district around the lake. Taxing district talks went on for years and eventually felt exhausting as the ...

Proposals to be a part of Dunkirk’s $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative award last week were fairly impressive. In all, 22 projects were discussed to build up downtown and Central Avenue. Requests for DRI funding totaled $27.4 million for potential projects costing more than $138 ...

If state lawmakers are serious about transparency and open government, they will pass two pieces of recently introduced legislation when the next legislative session begins in January. The first is A.7914, sponsored by Assemblywoman Jo Ann Simon, D-Brooklyn, which would allow public ...