Firestorms have embroiled John B. King Jr. in every leadership role he has accepted over the last decade. During his controversial stint as New York state Education Commissioner from 2011 to 2014, King royally rocked the boat of numerous public schools with reform strategies that included ...

How much more collateral damage will there be from the generous COVID funds that were handed out by the federal government that came with little oversight? If the city of Dunkirk is any indication, we may just be at the tip of the iceberg. Two north-county municipalities have been in the ...

Dunkirk’s former power generating station located on the shores of Lake Erie has always been a love-hate relationship for its residents. City, school and county officials historically understood the payoff it brought in terms of adding to a deteriorating tax base and high-paying jobs. But ...

More than 10 months ahead of Monday’s solar eclipse, Chautauqua County’s Noel Guttman was already taking control of preparations for the historic event. During a Public Safety Committee meeting in June, the emergency services director was one of the first officials across the state and ...

For Katy Schwalbe, the issue regarding whether a new Brooks-TLC Hospital System will be built hits close to her native town. As one of the presenters at the community forum on Tuesday night at the Northern Chautauqua Catholic School, she was born at the current Dunkirk location. “It’s ...

Dunkirk Board of Education members in February had their annual dose of despair when it comes to future funding from New York. Dr. Richard Timbs, a financial consultant and former Board of Cooperative Educational System superintendent, again painted that bleak picture for the second-largest ...