WASHINGTON (AP) — America's employers stepped up their hiring last month, adding a solid 531,000 jobs, the most since July and a sign that the recovery from the pandemic recession is overcoming a virus-induced slowdown. Friday's report from the Labor Department also showed that the ...

Parents or legal guardians wishing to have their children between the ages of 5 and 11 receive a COVID-19 vaccine have some options locally. After clearing two hurdles this week, the child-sized doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine have been made available. Pfizer already has shots for ...

Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested for the virus weekly under government rules issued Thursday. The new requirements, which were first previewed by President Joe Biden in ...

After a couple of weeks with new COVID-19 cases trending downward in Chautauqua County, the rate appears to be going in the other direction. The county Health Department on Wednesday announced 313 new cases for the week ending Oct. 30 along with five new virus-related deaths. To date there ...

Unemployment remains higher in Chautauqua County in September 2021 than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic began. State officials recently released New York’s latest unemployment rates, but typically compare employment statistics to the same period one year ago. Compared to one year ago at ...

DUNKIRK — It took a pandemic, a massive cleanup effort, 1.5 million pounds of stone, an 86-year-old from Ohio, and a local couple full of dreams to get the Van Buren Drive In running again. Dan and Gina Beckley recently discussed how much it took to get the outdoor movie site open after 30 ...