MAYVILLE - National Influenza Vaccination Week is December 4-10 and the Chautauqua County Department of Health and Human Services reminds everyone that it is not too late to get vaccinated. While seasonal flu activity varies, flu activity usually … [Read more...]
State DOT to Host Public Meeting Dec. 7 on Proposed Roundabout in Fredonia
FREDONIA - A large roundabout willbe coming to one of the busiest intersections in Chautauqua County in 2017. The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) will host a public information meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 4 to 7 p.m. to … [Read more...]
Gillibrand Announces Broadband Connection Legislation in Fredonia
FREDONIA - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) was in Fredonia Monday to announce the Broadband Connections for Rural Opportunities Program Act. The State’s junior Senator stopped by DFT Communications said the bipartisan legislation would help … [Read more...]
City Man Dies Following Hunting Accident
JAMESTOWN - A Jamestown man died Monday as the result of a hunting accident in the town of Busti. The Lakewood-Busti Police Department says 50 year old Thomas R. Carlson died as the result of an accidental gunshot wound from his own gun. Police … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Jamestown Police Chief Updates City Council on String of Shootings
JAMESTOWN - Jamestown Police Chief Harry Snellings updated the Jamestown City Council on where his department is at in the investigation of four shootings that took place in the city within a 48-hour period, beginning with a shooting incident on S. … [Read more...]
City Lawmakers Create, Approve Balanced Budget by Adding $825,000 More in Projected State Aid
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council has approved a $35 million 2017 budget that contains no operating deficit. On Monday the city council council’s finance committee announced that the city would close an $825,000 operating deficit for the 2017 … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Ruth Lundin from the Audubon Community Nature Center
Originally airing Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016. WRFA public affairs Director Jason Sample talks with Ruth Lundin, Executive Director of the Audubon Community Nature Center in Jamestown, NY. … [Read more...]
Investigation Continues into Thanksgiving Homicide, Subsequent Shootings
JAMESTOWN - Jamestown police have yet to make any arrests in a homicide and subsequent string of shooting incidents that took place on Thanksgiving and the following Friday. As of Monday morning, the Jamestown Police Department is still asking for … [Read more...]
City Council to Act Monday Night on $35 Million Budget that Contains Major Deficit
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council will vote Monday night on a $35 million 2017 city budget that will likely have a major deficit. Council members have spent the past several weeks reviewing Mayo Sam Teresi’s proposed spending plan, which … [Read more...]
CRCF To Give Away $5,000 in Matching Funds to Local Charities as Part of #GivingTuesday
JAMESTOWN - The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation is asking the public to help give away $5,000 during its first ever #BigMatchDay. Tuesday is known as #GivingTuesday across the country, when people are asked to take a break from the holiday … [Read more...]
