The Jamestown Chamber of Commerce has announced that the "Doors Open Jamestown" event scheduled for January 22 has been postponed due to the ongoing COVID surge. The Chamber said in a release that they made the decision after consulting local … [Read more...]
Cases of COVID-19 Have Skyrocketed in Chautauqua County
Cases of COVID-19 skyrocketed last week after being in decline for three weeks in Chautauqua County. The Chautauqua County Health Department reported 12 people died and there were 852 new cases for the week of December 26 through January 1. The … [Read more...]
BPU Lobby Closed Until January 18
The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities has announced that its Customer Service lobby is closed temporarily due to COVID-19 protocols. This is effective today through through Monday, January 17. The lobby will reopen at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January … [Read more...]
Governor Kathy Hochul Delivers First State of the State
Governor Kathy Hochul delivered her first State of the State address Wednesday. Hochul is proposing a $10 billion plan to grow the state's health care workforce by 20% over the next five years, saying the pandemic worsened long-simmering staffing … [Read more...]
County Health Department Suspends Contact Tracing Due to Substantial Volume of New Case Reports
The Chautauqua County Health Department has announced its contact tracing team is unable to contact residents who have a positive COVID-19 test result due to the substantial volume of new case reports in recent days. Public Health Director … [Read more...]
County Health Department Rolls Out Permit Fee Relief Program
The Chautauqua County Health Department is rolling out a permit fee relief program funded by the American Rescue Plan Act. This program will help pay permit fees for facilities regulated by the Division of Environmental Health Services whose business … [Read more...]
Governor Hochul Outlines Winter Surge Plans for COVID-19
Governor Kathy Hochul has announced her Winter Surge plans to deal with increasing cases of COVID-19. Hochul's plan focuses on five core areas: keeping students in school, doubling down on masks and testing, preventing severe illness and death, … [Read more...]
14 People Died of COVID-19 December 19-25
While reports of new COVID-19 cases continued to decrease for a third week, 14 people died the week of December 19 through 25 in Chautauqua County. The Chautauqua County Health Department reported 544 new cases last week with 131 of those cases … [Read more...]
CDC Shortens Recommended Isolation Time for COVID from 10 to 5 Days
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shortened the recommended times that people should isolate when they've tested positive for COVID-19 from 10 days to five days if they don't have symptoms and if they wear a mask around others … [Read more...]
Three Million COVID-19 Tests Being Delivered to NYS Schools
Over 3 million COVID-19 tests are being delivered to schools in New York State this week. 1 million of those tests will go to districts outside of New York City. Governor Kathy Hochul made the announcement during a COVID briefing Monday morning. … [Read more...]
