WASHINGTON (AP) — In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta ...

Districts across Chautauqua County opened its doors to students Tuesday for the first day back to class this school year. Sporting back-to-school fashion and a desire to learn, students climbed off the buses and into their educational havens. Spirits were especially bright at Temple ...

WESTFIELD — “Things tend to change as new guidelines come out,” said Westfield Academy and Central School Superintendent Michael Cipolla at a special informational meeting held Aug. 31 via ZOOM. The purpose of the meeting was to update families on protocols for starting the school year. ...

The county Health Department recorded 153 new cases of COVID-19. The statistics are from information collected Friday through Monday. Of the new cases, 52 involve people living in the Jamestown zip code; 22 were in Fredonia; 17 in Dunkirk; six in Westfield; four each in Bemus Point, Portland ...

WARREN, Pa. — On Day One of the new mandate requiring masks be worn in Pennsylvania schools, members of a Warren County group protested. Members of Parents’ Right to Choose gathered at the Warren County School District central office in Russell Tuesday morning. They bore signs with ...

The Chautauqua County Department of Health reported 66 new cases of COVID-19 as well as a new virus-related death. The information was collected Tuesday. Of the new cases, 16 came from people living in the Jamestown zip code; 13 in Fredonia; six in Dunkirk; four in Frewsburg; three each in ...