Community Spotlight for Jan. 11-18, 2026

Chautauqua County Executive P.J. Wendel is host Terry Frank's first in-studio guest of 2026... and, they discuss a number of topics -- including calling on residents to find the best price to pay for gasoline. Wendel says the situation with prices being stuck at 3.39 to 3.40 a gallon for regular, unleaded gas the past several months. However... the prices are a good bit lower in areas along the State Thruway... and in northern Chautauqua County. He's urging people to put the lowest prices on his Facebook page to put pressure on Kwik Fill and Crosby's mini-marts. It seemed to be working because prices Monday ranged more from 3.29 to 3.35 a gallon. We also discuss a New York state grant of 17.7-million to help complete Phase-3 of the project -- which has a total cost of about 32-million. We also discuss the new operator coming into the County Airport near Jamestown. He says a lot of what's needed is already in place for the owner-operator of Archie's Airport Restaurant. We also talk about the passing of recently retired County Clerk Larry Barmore, who died after a courageous battle with Cancer the past two years at age 74.