In light of a troubling surge in incidents where prison staff have fallen seriously ill after exposure to inmates suspected of drug overdoses — most recently at Lakeview Correctional Facility on ...

The town of Hanover is preparing to update their 24-year-old Comprehensive Plan and is requesting input from the residents in ...

Fredonia apparently needs a Revenue Anticipation Note to fund itself through the end of its fiscal year. The village Board of ...

When it comes to the state of business, various leaders believe Chautauqua County is coming close to or has returned to ...

One of the biggest trials in Chautauqua County, as far as media attention is concerned, is about to get underway, nearly two ...

It’s been just more than six months since this column, Official Memories, debuted in these OBSERVER sports pages. It’s been ...

Winter this year has been a rough one. Sunday morning, Western New York’s most popular prognosticator will make his annual appearance to let everyone know if that rough winter will drag on or if ...

The family of a man killed in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 86 in 2023 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in state Supreme Court. Attorneys representing Sandra Town, Joseph Town and the estate of ...

Salamanca suffered its toughest loss of the regular season when it traveled to Fredonia. The Hillbillies delivered a haymaker ...

Comments made by Fredonia school board members during a meeting on Jan. 7 directed at the voting public are concerning in reference to capital proposals two and three, which were decisively rejected ...

Feb. 25 will be an important night for the town of Hanover and its fire departments. On that evening, a public hearing will take place to discuss the advantages and drawbacks that could come with the ...

The results of the Hanover feasibility study for a potential hotel are in, and there is no doubt about what it means: Hanover is seeking a hotel. Spurrier Consulting conducted a feasibility study to ...