President-elect Donald Trump’s decisions to nominate Chris Wright for secretary of energy and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to serve a dual role as secretary of the interior and chairman of a National Energy Council are reassuring. Wright is the CEO of a company with considerable experience ...

When it comes to state politics Republicans are often a voice of reason. That isn’t the case when it comes to the state Board of Regents emergency order for school districts to submit regionalization plans to the state Education Department. Part of the problem is the state Board of ...

Community Helping Hands has been on the front lines of Jamestown’s fight against poverty for more than two decades. It may not be able to continue serving from its Gateway Center location much longer. That would be a shame. Community Helping Hands provides clothes, household items and ...

Twice in recent weeks Chautauqua County legislators have seen studies regarding the Chautauqua County Jail and Chautauqua County Airport in Jamestown. They’re choosing to keep those studies close to the legislature’s collective vest. Given that public money was spent on the studies, the ...

Jamestown’s status as a federal entitlement community shows the depth of need in many pockets of our community. So it can be frustrating - for both city residents and those who administer the federal Community Development Block Grant and HOME programs - to see money sitting around ...

Jamestown’s second ambulance is in service - and with it Jamestown’s latest financial bet has really gone live. Putting a second city-based ambulance into service, manned with city firefighters, has long been billed as a way for the city to help recoup some of the costs of its fire ...