There are two trains of thought with news that Jamestown will have enough firefighters on duty in 2025 to end the two-decade practice of rotating fire station closures when manpower is limited - and in our view those trains run on parallel tracks. The first train of thought is that it’s ...

In the moments following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump Saturday, there was horror and confusion. Trump emerged defiant from the pile of Secret Service members who rushed to protect him, but as the nation breathed a sigh of relief we learned the attack had, indeed, ...

Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputies did a good job of quickly corralling a man who tried to escape from the Chautauqua County Jail on July 11. A perimeter was quickly set up after Eric Ryals made it to the jai’s roof. Unlike other jail escapes, deputies were actively chasing Ryals as he ...

Both Mayor Kim Ecklund and Councilman Jeff Russell are right with suggestions last week to cut down on the number of illegal fireworks going off during Independence Day celebrations in Jamestown. Russell said he heard from police officers that they suspect some temporary fireworks sellers ...

It should be obvious after the July 3 announcement of two Medicaid fraud cases totaling $3.4 million that the state must make major changes to its Non-Emergency Medical Transportation system. The system is a necessary one that relieves the stress of non-emergency transportation to medical ...

Almost lost in the avalanche of legislation passed in the closing days of this year’s state legislative session was a bill untying teacher evaluations from state-mandated tests. Good riddance to bad rubbish. We don’t necessarily disagree with the idea of creating ways to hold poor ...