The full audio of WRFA's interview with Congressional Candidate Melissa Dobson (D-Corning) is now available online: LISTEN TO AUDIO HERE Dobson's interview was conducted by WRFA Public Affairs Director Jason Sample on April 25, 2012. She is seeking … [Read more...]
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The latest community news from the Jamestown, N.Y. and the Chautauqua County Region.
Edwards: $10,000,000 Adjustment Does Not Offset 2013 Shortfall
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County has $10 million more to work with this year than originally expected. That from county finance officials, who say through reconciliations and adjustments, the county is looking to gain approximately $10 million toward its … [Read more...]
Labor Department Pulls Controversial Child Labor Proposal
WASHINGTON - The federal Department of Labor has withdrawn a controversial proposal for regulating child labor, a proposal that Farm Bureau leaders feared would alter family farming and deter youths from careers in agriculture. The DOL issued a … [Read more...]
City Council has Light Voting Agenda Tonight
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council will be holding its monthly voting session tonight at City hall with several routine items on the agenda. Among them is a resolution approving Jamestown Community College’s acquisitions of its first two … [Read more...]
Justice Department Does Not Object to 63rd Senate District
ALBANY - The Federal Government has reviewed a move by state lawmakers in Albany to create a 63rd Senate district. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder released a statement last week through the justice department saying it does not interpose any … [Read more...]
Corning Attorney Seeks Democratic Endorsement for Congress
CORNING, N.Y. - A congressional candidate from Corning is making a case for democrats throughout the southern tier to consider her when they vote in the June primary. Corning's Melissa Dobson is running for the newly created 23rd Congressional … [Read more...]
Shinagawa Recieves Endorsement of Working Families Party
ITHACA, N.Y. - Congressional Candidate Nate Shinagawa (D-Ithaca) announced Thursday that the Working Families Party leaders in Central and Western New York have endorsed his campaign for Congress. Shinagawa will have the party's line on the ballot -- … [Read more...]
County Legislature Approves New Contract for Part Time Sheriff Deputies
MAYVILLE - The part time deputies in the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department will be getting a boost in pay. That after county lawmakers Wednesday Night approved a resolution to increase the rate of pay for entry-level part timers from $13.41 an … [Read more...]
County Legislature Tables Funding Resolution for County Home
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County Lawmakers will wait another month before acting on a resolution to increase funding for the Chautauqua County Home in Dunkirk. During the county legislature’s monthly voting session Wednesday night in Mayville, the … [Read more...]
County Lawmakers Pass Oversight Legislation for Welfare-to-Work Program
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County Lawmakers last night passed several resolutions, including one that would require the county Department of Social Services to create an action plan that would help to increase participation in the so-called … [Read more...]
