The number of people using emergency shelters and safe haven shelters in Chautauqua County is going up. At the same time, the length of those stays is getting longer. Members of the Chautauqua County Homeless Coalition met virtually earlier this week, with part of the meeting including a ...

DUNKIRK — Officials wondered this week what to do about a homeless person who is apparently living on the Central Avenue benches near City Hall. “I’d like to begin with a problem we have — the homeless person that has taken up residence on our Central Avenue benches,” Councilwoman ...

CELORON - Burtis Bay residents are going to get some help with cleanup of Japanese Knotweed piles that have washed up on their shoreline - as long as invasive weed growth in Chautauqua Lake cooperates. Doug Conroe, Chautauqua Lake Association executive director, said the association is aware ...

In 2023, before Gabriel “Fluffy” Igesias’ performance at the Northwest Arena, he toured the National Comedy Center. During his tour, he fell in love with NCC. Then he asked NCC Executive Director Journey Gunderson what he could do to contribute to NCC. This was already after he gifted ...

State lawmakers have begun voting on budget bills more than a month after the state budget was supposed to be done. Prior to the start of voting on budget bills on Wednesday, state Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, and Sen. James Skoufis, D-Newburgh, found a bit of common ground in a ...

Jamestown Police officials are actively investigating a shooting that occurred at about 12:30 a.m. Thursday. According to police, one male (no age given) was shot near the vicinity of Hopkins Avenue and Second Street. Currently, he is being treated for wounds sustained during the ...