Clean-up underway after likely tornado hit's Forestville-Arkwright in north county...
There were no serious injuries... but, there's been some significant property damage to trees, homes, a car, and other buildings from a likely tornado touchdown in the town of Arkwright early Tuesday afternoon.  That from Chautauqua County Executive P.J. Wendel late this afternoon during a press conference at the Forestville Fire Hall.  Forestville Fire Chief Kyle Barthold says the first call came in about 12:20 p.m. for some trees down on Creek Road in Arkwright.  Barthold says he got another call from a resident whose roof was torn off their home... and he responded.  When he arrived, he found another roof torn off a barn, and two other garages were completely destroyed.  Wendel says he had a chance to speak with some of the witnesses to the tornado... and, it's aftermath.  He says one man pulled his son inside their home just as the incident took place... and, another man said his wife was tending to some chickens and the coop blew over and pinned her to the ground.  County Emergency Services Director Noel Guttman says a crew from the National Weather Service was already on the way... and, it appeared to them to be a tornado from photos and video they had already received.  The apparent tornado was likely spawned from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl... which moved into the region early this morning.  In addition to Forestville and Arkwright... there may have also been a tornado touchdown in Eden in Erie County. 

Hurricane Beryl remnants come to Western New York, but, little activity in the immediate Jamestown-area...
The western Southern Tier region was to be on the lower end of rainfall expected from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl... which are now here.  That from Forecaster Steve Welch with the National Weather Service in Buffalo... who says the remnants began moving in from the Tennessee and Ohio Valley regions early this morning.  Welch says areas to our north and east will see the larger rainfall totals... on the order of about 3-inches.  Our area will see up to three-quarters of an inch.  Welch says winds will be significantly dimished by the time what's left of Beryl gets to our area.  He says we could see some lingering rain showers into Thursday... but, we'll begin drying out on Friday.

Jamestown and Buffalo-areas to be part of Lewis Black's Farewell Stand-Up tour...
Jamestown will be part of Grammy-award winning comedian Lewis Black's final stand-up tour this coming September.  The National Comedy Center is announcing that Black will be performing two shows in Western New York... the first in Buffalo at the Riviera Theater in North Tonawanda on Thursday, Sept. 5... and, on Friday, Sept. 6 at the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts in Jamestown.  Center officials say Black recently announced his current tour, entitled "Goodbye Yeller Brick Road, The Final Tour," would be his last after 35-plus years on tour.  Black is also a founding board member for the National Comedy Center... and, remains a long-time supporter of the center.  Tickets for Black's Jamestown show go on pre-sale for National Comedy Center members this Thursday, July 11 at Noon... through Wednesday, July 17 at Noon.  Tickets go on sale to the general public on Thursday, July 18 at 12 Noon at ComedyCenter.org.

Langworthy's measure to stop "excessive" regulations on household dishwashers approved in Congress...
Congress has approved local representative Nick Langworthy's legislation that aims to halt the Biden Administration's "excessive regulatory overreach on household dishwashers.  Langworthy says his "Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards -- or "SUDS" Act" in a bi-partisan vote of 214-to-192.  The Buffalo-area Republican says "when Congress enacted the Energy Policy and Conservation Act in 1975, the intent was to encourage energy efficiency in a manner that is both practical and cost-effective.  However, unelected bureaucrats in the Biden Administration have twisted this law to serve a radical environmental agenda, imposing draconian standards that burden hardworking families."  Langworthy adds he's "proud that a bipartisan group" of lawmakers joined me in passing the SUDS Act to push back against these "unreasonable and out-of-touch regulations.”  He says the Department of Energy’s proposed dishwasher efficiency standards would significantly cut the amount of water and energy these appliances can use... making dishwashers more expensive and less effective.  He says the DOE’s own analysis of the standards shows they would only save Americans $17 over 12 years.

BPU announces new Home Electrification and Applicance Rebate program...
Moderate to low-income customers of the Jamesotwn Board of Public Utilities are being alerted to an energy efficiency rebate program being administered through New York state.  BPU Communications Coordinator Becky Robbins says the Federal Home Electrification and Appliance Rebate program is for homeowners and landlords.  Robbins says medium-income customers earning between $36,240 to $48,560 qualify for the program.  She says low-income customers qualifying for the plan must have a household income of up to $36,240 for up to four people.  Recipients of SNAP, HEAP and Public Assistance may apply.  Project funding is capped at $10,000 per project for low-income customers for single-family homes or rental properties.  For 2 to 4-unit family rental units... project funding caps at $10,000 for the first unit... and, $5,000 for each other unit.  For more information on Home Electrification and Appliance Rebate program... call 1-866-NYSERDA.