CHAUTAUQUA - The Chautauqua Institution has named Mark Coolidge Johnson as the institution’s 19th president. A Senior Foreign Service Officer, attorney and third-generation Chautauquan, Johnson brings more than 30 years of diplomatic service and large-scale operational leadership to the ...

A city man is facing weapons charges after an incident Thursday. Chris L. Freeney, 55, was charged with second- and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and resisting arrest. At approximately 7:45 p.m. Thursday, officers were on ...

Jamestown firefighters are on the scene of a structure fire at Prendergast Avenue and Sixth Street. Chautauqua County Emergency Medical Services also on scene around 6:55 p.m.

The Chautauqua Lake Partnership is assessing what impacts the ruling to annul New York state’s Department of Environmental Conservation’s Freshwater Wetlands Act regulations will have on the lake’s stakeholders. A lawsuit had been filed by the Chautauqua Lake Property Owners Association, ...

State and area leaders are calling on New York state to act and assist in the growing homeless crisis in Chautauqua County. On Thursday, state Sen. George Borrello and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor, joined by a bipartisan coalition of local and state officials across the county, have sent a ...

A pair of Jamestown men are facing federal drugs and weapons charges. On Thursday, U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Blake D. Smith, a/k/a Sweets, 50, and Willie Graham, a/k/a Wu, 45, with narcotics conspiracy, Hobbs Act ...