Ridership on Chautauqua County’s public transportation is still down since the COVID-19 pandemic but it is increasing. According to Michele Westphal, the senior project coordinator for CHQ Transit, in 2019 there were 195,933 trips. At that time the transportation system was called ...

On East Third Street is a small plexiglass building where public transportation riders sit to get out of the rain while waiting for the bus. There was supposed to be a new building there, but after spending nearly a half a million dollars, county officials are back to square one. CHQ ...

In 2024, Chautauqua County awarded a total of twenty-two grants totaling $124,830 through its Tourism Product Development Program. The funding comes from a portion of the county’s 3% occupancy tax allocation. The 22 awards in 2024 were made to the following grantees: PFM Ventures; SUNY ...

Baseball isn’t just a pastime for the Panebianco family - the sport is woven into the very fabric of their existence. Jamestown City Court Judge George Panebianco threw out the ceremonial first pitch on Thursday to kick off the Jamestown Tarp Skunks 2025 season. “My dad (Charlie ...

For a fifth consecutive year, Democrats in the state Senate have passed legislation preventing state-chartered banks from investing in or financing private prisons. State Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, voted against S.114 for a fifth consecutive year - though his opposition recently in ...

MAYVILLE – One county official is going on record expressing concerns about the cost of a new section to the jail. During the Chautauqua County Legislature meeting, Legislator Fred Larson, D-Jamestown, said he has a hard time justifying spending $120 million for an addition for a jail from ...