Voter turnout was through the roof a week ago, both in Chautauqua County, New York state and the country at large. It wasn’t unexpected. Voters always turn out when it’s time to vote for a president, and the 2024 race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris was something we’ve never ...

It’s easy for discussion over the region’s population loss to feel as if it has no stakes. That’s because population loss tends to happen more like a trickle than a burst pipe. But it’s there nonetheless, our population dripping away like a leaky faucet. Jamestown’s population in ...

Chautauqua County has a new face as its Republican election commissioner - though she’s no stranger to the county’s elections. Nacole Ellis, a Chautauqua County Board of Elections employee, has been appointed by Republicans on the Chautauqua County Legislature to replace the retiring ...

We reported over the weekend on the sad case of a woman who had suffered a stroke and found herself homeless in the park across Second Street from The Post-Journal. We didn’t share the story for a pat on the back - though the employees who did what they could to help the woman until they ...

Today is Election Day, the culmination of what feels like two years of campaigning by presidential candidates. More than $1 billion will have been spent by Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in an effort to secure your vote. Another $250,000 ...

If City Council members were to take a poll of city residents’ biggest concerns, we have a feeling decreasing the flow of illegal drugs coming into the city would be high on the list. It’s one reason that Police Chief Timothy Jackson’s request for drug buy money is a strong request to ...