Ben Drake’s coaching success in Western New York basketball circles is well known and now the rest of the Empire State is ...

New York state legislators are some of the luckiest in the nation already, earning the highest salary in comparison to any ...

Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel proposed a merger of the city and town of Dunkirk with the village of Fredonia and the town of Pomfret at a Pomfret Town Board meeting this week. Wendel and other ...

I read the OBSERVER article about police coverage for the town of Dunkirk. It seems everyone in our local municipalities are experiencing substantial increases to cover costs in a somewhat dwindling ...

Over the last two years, the city of Dunkirk has seen some of the largest tax increases in the region. Following the financial crisis of 2024, rates skyrocketed 84% in 2025. This year, another minimal ...

The Frewsburg girls basketball team captured the Class C state title last year and the first stop on the road to glory was the Far West Regionals against Section V’s Keshequa. If the Bears would like ...

The Clymer boys basketball program had won 11 Section VI championships prior to Friday’s Class D Far West Regional against Section V’s Andover/Whitesville, but has never been able to break through ...

The results of the vote are in and Ripley Central School District’s $10,196,736 capital project is a go. Unofficial results of the ballot, held from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the school’s large ...

Behind every great leader is someone who inspired them, in one way or another. For Dave Smith, that person was his high school Spanish teacher, Sylvia Parrott Flynn. “She saved me,” Smith said. “She ...

Jamestown police officers are investigating a shooting Thursday that caused a lockdown at two city schools. According to a police report, at 1:24 p.m. officers responded to Crescent and Buffalo ...

No one from Dunkirk attended a recent meeting held in the city on the homeless problem in the area, and Councilman Frank Torain has expressed displeasure about it. Torain questioned Mayor Kate ...

Do we need a regional control board? Yes — and for good reason. The level of greed, deceit, and outright tomfoolery that took place during the COVID lockdown still turns my stomach. While everyday ...