Facing rising infections and a new COVID-19 variant, colleges across the U.S. have once again been thwarted in seeking a move to normalcy and are starting to require booster shots, extend mask mandates, limit social gatherings and, in some cases, revert to online classes. The threat of the ...

There were 11 new COVID-related deaths recorded last week in Chautauqua County, according to information released today by the health department. To date there have been 244 virus deaths in the county. Of those, two have involved people between the ages of 20 and 29; three between 30 and 39; ...

ALBANY (AP) — Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was ordered by New York's ethics commission Tuesday to give up millions of dollars a publisher paid him to write a book about his response to the coronavirus pandemic. An attorney for Cuomo immediately called the action unconstitutional and promised a ...

Even though face masks are now required statewide for virtually all public indoor locations, Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel doesn’t believe he has the resources to enforce it. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday that masks would be required in all indoor public places unless the ...

A Chautauqua County elected official who was infected twice with COVID-19 shared his experience of what it was like to get the virus without the vaccine and then again after being vaccinated. Legislator Paul Whitford, D-Jamestown, is a member of the legislature’s Health and Human Services ...

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Carolyn Burnett is bracing for her first Christmas without her son Chris, a beloved high school football coach whose outdoor memorial service drew a crowd of hundreds. The unvaccinated 34-year-old father of four died in September as a result of COVID-19 after nearly two ...