U.S. Environmental Protection Agency bureaucrats simply can’t help themselves, it seems. Once again this spring, they proposed power plant regulations that would force the closure of some coal and gas-fired power plants, despite the U.S. Supreme Court having already told the agency it can’t ...

To many municipalities in Chautauqua County, Westfield’s downtown is already a gem. Its Main Street is vibrant, pedestrian friendly and filled with a number of businesses. On Thursday, a meeting to take the vision further will be Thursday. That’s when the public is invited stop at Eason ...

Our friends at WRFA-LP have some tough decisions to make — and they need our help to do so. Recently, station officials learned WRFA is no longer eligible for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Community Service Grant that previously had provided 60% of the low-power radio station’s ...

Kudos to the Jamestown Public Schools District for reinstating varsity football cheer leading. It’s been years since Jamestown High School had cheerleaders for football. Whatever the reasons the team went away in the first place, the school board made the right decision bringing the team ...

Recent judges’ decisions against the town of Busti and the town of Carroll have one common thread running through them — town officials weren’t nearly careful enough in their handling of sensitive matters. In the case of Busti, a judge ruled the town hadn’t followed a fairly clear ...

Almost a year ago in this space, we opined city officials should take seriously a city resident’s complaints about safety in the Spring Street parking ramp. That man said he had personally broken up assaults in the ramp, been threatened and seen people hanging around who shouldn’t be in ...