Almost a year ago, we raised doubts about Jamestown’s EMS program meeting its projected revenue goals. It turns out those doubts were well-founded. Mayor Kim Ecklund’s 2026 budget proposal notes that the second city ambulance still isn’t reaching the original 2024 revenue ...

Falconer school officials are raising concerns over the effects housing the homeless at the Quality Inn is having on Falconer Elementary School and other school grounds. The complaints raised by Falconer school officials aren’t necessarily a “get off my lawn” moment. Having someone ...

Former County Executive Vince Horrigan used to say that a government can’t simply cut its way to prosperity - it has to grow its way to prosperity. At the time, Horrigan was asking for two actions to stabilize the county’s financial situation: an increase in the county’s sales tax rate ...

CHAUTAUQUA—When Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announced her retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Bush 43 administration considered several possible successors. One of them was the author of the 2024 memoir Quiet Counsel: Looking Back on a Life of Service to the Law. Meet Larry ...

It’s been 20 years since the Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century, or the Berger Commission, said Westfield Memorial Hospital should be turned into a diagnostic treatment center. The community rallied on the hospital’s behalf, with the state choosing to reverse the ...

A city landlord’s plea last week for help in limiting the number of animals a tenant is allowed isn’t the first such plea. Nor will it be the last until federal guidance curbs the overreach of court decisions that have granted emotional support animals the same status as service animals. In ...