The state and Seneca Nation have kicked the can a little further down the road with a short-term extension of the gaming compact between the nation and state of New York. The 21-year-old gaming agreement was to expire on Saturday. The extension provides time for the sides to continue talking ...

Chuck Schumer, D-New York and U.S. Senate majority leader, has come through in a major way for Jamestown by securing EPA help clearing the former Crawford Furniture site. Cleanup costs have been pegged at around $5 million. The news came a little more than a year after a fire destroyed ...

The timing couldn’t have been worse to find out two emergency warming shelters in Jamestown weren’t going to reopen this winter. News broke just as the nights began turning colder and, to make matters worse, came during a transition from one mayoral administration to another. Give ...

Not all shopping this first weekend of December is being done in retail stores or online. Mayor-elect Kim Ecklund has about a month to put her team together before January’s inauguration day - and perhaps the toughest item to find for the longtime City Councilwoman will be a development ...

There are many good causes with their proverbial hands out, seeking money from the federal government. However, the Wall Street Journal recently called attention to a need that should spike interest in the minds and hearts of our federal lawmakers. Additionally, those elected officials should ...

Amtrak’s decision to not place a train stop location in either Dunkirk or the town of Westfield is not surprising to this corner. Vince DeJoy, in a Dunkirk Common Council Economic Development Committee meeting, announced the disappointing news earlier this week. “Right now, there’s not ...