Once again, Western New York has the highest rate of positive tests for COVID-19 in New York state. According to numbers released Saturday, our region's seven day rate is 9.05%. Other region's facing challenges numbers include Long Island at 8.73%; the Finger Lakes at 8.26%; and Central New ...

Christine Schuyler, Chautauqua County public health director, has been front and center since the pandemic began in March 2020. In her most recent message that comes 10 days before Christmas and is posted to the COVID-19 dashboard, she is brief and to the point. “This holiday season, please ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state reported Friday that just over 21,000 people had tested positive for COVID-19 the previous day, the highest single-day total for new cases since testing for the virus became widely available. One day snapshots of virus statistics can be an unreliable way to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are endorsing "test-to-stay" policies that allow close contacts of students infected with the coronavirus to remain in classrooms if they test negative. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided to more firmly embrace the approach, already ...

It has been more than 200 days since the city of Jamestown received a portion of its allocated American Rescue Plan Act recovery funds. To date, the city has spent none of it. The topic of the funding — part of a $1.9 trillion plan by the federal government to provide direct relief to ...

Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist discussed the priority capital projects list that had been provided to council members. It is hoped that the projects would be funded through the American Rescue Plan Act money the city received in May as well as through the next disbursement of those funds. ...