JAMESTOWN SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER RESIGNS FOLLOWING ARREST JAMETOWN - A member of the Jamestown School Board has resigned after she was arrested Friday on a felony grand larceny charge. A month-long investigation by Jamestown Police revealed that Barbara … [Read more...]
WRFA News – Dec. 5, 2011
WCA, HAMOT LOOK INTO PARTNERSHIP JAMESTOWN - WCA Hospital and the Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pa. have agreed to explore a strategic affiliation between the two health systems. If both parties are in agreement after identifying potential ways to … [Read more...]
WRFA News – Nov. 8, 2011
ELECTION DAY 2011 IS TODAY MAYVILLE - Today is Election Day in Chautauqua County, and while there are many uncontested local races in the area, there is an important proposition on the ballot this year that every voter in the county will have an … [Read more...]
WRFA News – Oct. 26, 2011
COUNTY LEGISLATURE HOSTS TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will meet this afternoon for its monthly voting session, but a second meeting is also scheduled for tonight so lawmakers can focus on the 2012 … [Read more...]
WRFA News – Oct. 4, 2011
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS BEGIN IN MAYVILLE MAYVILLE - The budget deliberations for the county’s 2012 budget are underway. According to an article published today in the Jamestown Post-Journal, members of the Chautauqua County Legislature began their … [Read more...]
WRFA News – Sept. 30, 2011
SENATOR YOUNG ANNOUNCES BILL TO REFORM MEDICAID PAYMENTS Senator Cathy Young is announcing an effort in the state Senate to stop the burden of local Medicaid payments. Yesterday, Young released a statement saying she has signed on as a … [Read more...]
WRFA News – Sept. 1, 2011
OFFICIALS TO ANNOUNCE WELFARE TO WORK INITIATIVE TO CLEAN UP THE LAKE A group of local and state officials will be making a major announcement tomorrow that will benefit Chautauqua Lake as well as the unemployed in Chautauqua Lake. A press … [Read more...]
WRFA News – Aug. 31, 2011
TERESI PROVIDES DETAILS ON WNY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL The effort by Governor Andrew Cuomo to create economic development councils in six different regions of the state could be a major boost for Jamestown and Chautauqua County. That’s according … [Read more...]
WRFA News – Aug. 30, 2011
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE WATERSHED COMPACT SIGNED It’s being described as a watershed moment for Chautauqua Lake. Yesterday representatives from a dozen municipalities formally met to sign off on the Chautauqua Lake Watershed Compact, an inter-municipal … [Read more...]
WRFA News – Aug. 2, 2011
SENATE TO ACT ON DEFICIT BILL TODAY WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate is expected to act on the federal deficit bill during a noon voting session today. The move comes after the house approved the plan yesterday by a wider-than-expected margin – … [Read more...]
