JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council will hold a special voting session tonight at 7:15 in the city council chambers. Among the items to be acted on is a resolution authorizing the mayor to send the city’s 2015 – 2019 Consolidated Plan and the … [Read more...]
Schumer Calls on Airline Industry to Halt Proposed Plan to Reduce Size of Carry-On Luggage
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is urging major air carriers to scrap a proposed policy made this week that would reduce the size of carry-on luggage for travelers. The global trade association for the airline industry, known as … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – St. Susan Center Executive Director Jeff Smith
Originally airing Thursday, June 11, 2015. WRFA public affairs director talks with St. Susan Center Executive Director Jeff Smith, who reminds the community that summer is the busiest time of year for the area's largest soup kitchen, and so … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] American Chronicles Episode 2 – Reinstitute the Draft
American Chronicles 2 originally airing June 12, 2015. REINSTITUTE THE DRAFT © 2015 John C. Merino When I learned about the death of my boyhood friend Sam a few weeks ago….and as often happens in times like these………memories of things forgotten, … [Read more...]
Thursday Morning Accident Claims Life of Ashville Man
ASHVILLE - The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office says an Ashville man died Thursday morning after being in an accident that involved his motorcycle and a dump truck. According to the report sent out Thursday afternoon, the Sheriff's office was … [Read more...]
WRFA Rock and Roll Rundown – June 11 to July 12
The WRFA Rock n’ Roll Rundown is presented Thursday, Friday and Saturday afternoons and brought to you through the support of the Arthur R. Gren Company in Jamestown, NY. THU – JUN 11 Not Sold Separately – Yesterdays – Lakewood FRI – JUNE … [Read more...]
Local Candidates for 2015 Election Now Circulating Petitions, Deadline to File is July 6
MAYVILLE - The effort to find candidates to run for local offices in Chautauqua County for the November 2015 is underway. Chautauqua County Democratic Elections Commissioner Norman Green - who also serves as chairman of the Chautauqua County … [Read more...]
Northern New York Highway Closed with Sixth Day of Manhunt Now Underway
CLINTON COUNTY, NY - Authorities in Northern New York State have shut down a major highway as they continue to search for two convicted killers who escaped from a maximum-security prison six days ago. Route 374 – which serves as a main coordior in … [Read more...]
State Senate Passes SAFE Act Reforms, Fate in Assembly is Uncertain
ALBANY - As the voting session winds down in Albany, Senator Cathy Young is outlining a series of SAFE Act reforms that she co-sponsored and which were passed by the state Senate earlier this week. The reforms call for several provisions, … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Arts on Fire – 2015 WRFA Great American Picnic: The Distractions
The Districtions (pictured, from L to R: Emily Strong, Kyle Gustafson, Molly Strong, Jonathan Bell and Jeremy Bunce) performs set no. 2 at the 2015 WRFA Great American Picnic at the Southern Tier Brewing Co. in Lakewood, NY - a fundraiser for WRFA LP … [Read more...]
