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Today marks the 80th anniversary of World War II’s D-Day invasion. According to the National D-Day Memorial, which is located in Bedford,Va.,:...
Add one more group to those claiming to work on behalf of Chautauqua Lake. The Chautauqua Lake Property Owners Association formed recently. Unlike...
There are times all you can do is laugh at the sheer lunacy of government spending. We had occasion to do just that a couple of weeks ago when the...
County IDA officials recently announced their support of the purchase of Dahlstrom Roll Form by two members of the company’s leadership team. The...
Mayor Kim Ecklund’s first State of the City address is very much the new mayor in a nutshell. It’s a 20-page document full of Joe Friday, “just...
We find the news that President Joe Biden is releasing a million barrels of gasoline from a federal reserve more of a frustration than a relief....
It should come as no surprise that all local school budgets were approved last week. There wasn’t much controversy on the ballot. Thanks to...
It should come as no surprise that all local school budgets were approved last week. There wasn’t much controversy on the ballot. Thanks to...
Given the current state of addiction treatment in Chautauqua County, county legislators didn’t have much choice but to increase the pay for nurses...
It’s easy to play Jamestown’s recent reminder about the city’s ban on farm animals in the city limits for laughs. The Old McDonald or Babe in...
No matter what is happening on this nation’s political and economic fronts – and much is happening – Memorial Day, the holiday we are observing...
President Joe Biden recently visited Sturtevant, Wisconsin, to speak at the site of a future Microsoft data center. As the Associated Press reported...
There’s something disturbing about the fact that, at a time when state Senate Democrats want to expand health insurance coverage to undocumented...
Did Robin Hood get it wrong? Did the famous swashbuckling character created by Howard Pyle in the 1880s miss the boat when he robbed the rich to give...
This week marks the unofficial start of the summer tourist season – and with it comes several opportunities to hear several points of view regarding...
We’ve disagreed with the way New York state handled changes to conceal carry permits for pistols. But one thing that we can’t disagree with is...
A new fire district in the Mayville area will provide an interesting test case for many rural volunteer fire companies in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus...
Society cannot prevent the maltreatment of children no matter how hard it tries. Not even a veritable army of Child Protective Services workers would...
If we had them to give, we’d give Sam Ognibene 40,000 thumbs up for his work spearheading an effort that led to 40,000 pounds of food to the St....
Councilman Jeff Russell’s frustration with cost overruns on the city’s fleet maintenance garage and conversion to new financial management...
It’s been readily apparent to anyone attempting to buy a home the past few years that buying a house isn’t cheap in the Jamestown area anymore. ...
It’s not just a United States thing; there are smokers around the world who wish they never had taken “that first puff” of a cigarette — for...
We don’t disagree with the city’s decision to create fees for travel baseball and softball leagues that use fields in city parks. There should be...
Twice last week, the Jamestown community was rocked by news of unfathomable harm done to children by those who were supposed to be providing care. ...
A student’s request to move Impact club meetings from after school to during students’ lunch period is an easy decision clouded mainly by the...
There has been a lot of bad blood over the seven years since the city and its Board of Public Utilities proposed annexing the BPU’s Dow Street...
Users of the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities’ district heating system have three options to consider as the BPU considers options to replace the...
The Biden Administration, once again, is trying to use executive action to reduce student loan debt. And once again, the White House’s approach...
The appointment of Marc Lentsch as Jamestown High School Marching Band director should put some minds at ease in the Jamestown community. Lentsch has...
We couldn’t agree more with an attempt by Mike Laurin to streamline site plan approvals and change the city Planning Commission’s overall focus. ...
We’ve seen enough municipal branding attempts to know their payoff is typically pretty small. It’s better than nothing – though how much better...
For most Curbed Your Enthusiasm fans, the use of the name Journey Gunderson was just another example of Larry David and his writing team coming up...
During a probation check on Jamestown’s east side earlier this week, officers found a rifle with a defaced serial number in a home with a convicted...
Monday’s protest by some of the region’s homeless showed, without a doubt, that two things can be true at the same time. We agree with the...
It sounds as if some Mayville Village Board members are tired of hearing a yearly appeal from the Chautauqua Lake Partnership to use herbicides in the...
Clymer is one of a few towns around the state that prohibit the sale of alcohol. Its status as a dry town was cemented in 1974 when Clymer’s...
Votes to levy a new tax through a school district to support libraries is nothing new at this point. Town and village budgets aren’t providing...
It will be decades before Chautauqua County is in the path of totality for a solar eclipse again. But the lessons we learned from the county’s...
It took four long years, but U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials are finally ready to recommend parents should treat COVID-19...
Bills like Assemblywoman Gina Sillitti’s truth in campaigning legislation introduced recently in the state Assembly aren’t new. They’ve existed...
A few short weeks ago, we told you about the newly-formed Empire State Local News Coalition. The Post-Journal is proud to be a member of this...
It’s hard to fathom that Topix forums, of all places, could hold a key to finally finding the murderer of Yolanda Bindics. The Jamestown woman was...
We’ve seen all of the trailers, seen old photos and heard from all the experts. Today, Mother Nature trumps all of the movie studios and brings you...