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Regional shelters, rescues part of Pet Expo 2026

The Chautauqua County Humane Society is gearing up for its second annual Pet Expo 2026, a day designed to celebrate collaboration, community, and the shared mission of helping animals. Presenting sponsors include Supportive Divorce Solutions and Happy Hounds Hotel and Day Spa while The Post-Journal is a media sponsor. Shelters, rescues, vendors, and animal lovers from across Western New York and northeastern Pennsylvania will come together at the Northwest Arena on Saturday, Oct. 17, creating a space where connection, learning and lifesaving work intersect. The adoption side of the ...

Fly-in, drive-in is Aug. 29 at Jamestown airport

The Chautauqua County Department of Public Facilities – Airports is inviting residents and visitors to attend the Great Mid-Summer Fly-In / Drive-In on Saturday, Aug. 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Jamestown Chautauqua County Airport, 3163 Airport Drive, Jamestown. Originally scheduled ...

City school district promotes Lincoln principal

The Jamestown Public Schools Board of Education has approved the appointment of Katie Russo to serve as executive director of information and student services, effective Aug. 12. Russo, the current principal of Lincoln Elementary School, will succeed Jessie Joy, who is retiring after 33 ...

Marking Memories

Louise Scofield Wiggers and Linda Pratt Page will never forget the summer of 1957. Now, thanks to a new historic marker recently installed outside the Yorker Museum in Sherman, everyone else can enjoy their shared memories too. What was so memorable? Picking cherries. “As a 12 ...

Partnerships for progress: $2.4M in Renold Westfield upgrades add jobs

 WESTFIELD — Ongoing support of the Western New York economy by Renold Westfield through strategic investments in modern technology and equipment is creating new job opportunities for skilled workers at the Chautauqua County plant. Installation of three advanced automated machines and ...

Sales include physical therapy building, apartment cluster

 A federally qualified health center has purchased a building that it has been using for the last four years. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from June 1-5. The county does not provide ...