The cleanup of a 1,000-gallon oil spill in Mill River, East Rockaway, is underway with PSEG and environmental agencies ...

In a public health advisory issued July 15, the Cayuga County Health Department has joined other officials in the region ...

An elderly adult in Onondaga County, NY was hospitalized after being diagnosed with West Nile virus, while Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus was detected in mosquitoes collected from a trap in ...

The coalition is calling on New York to extend its public comment window, warning of a dangerously antidemocratic process.

ALBANY — Central New Yorkers can breathe a little easier today — following a moderate Air Quality Index rating for Wednesday, ...

Benjamin Ferguson of Lowville sets a new New York state record for brook trout with his 22-inch, six-pound three-ounce catch.

A Lowville angler has reeled in a New York State-record brook trout. In an announcement from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Benjamin Ferguson caught a 22-inch, six-pound ...

The National Weather Service has issued both a heat and air quality alert for most of downstate New York, Wednesday, July 16.

The extensive death of ash trees in Western New York is creating a decline in emerald ash borer populations for the time being, and the release of wasps that prey on the invasive insect may limit the ...

To help dog owners protect their pets from toxic algal blooms, New York Sea Grant has published a newly-revised “Protect Your Dog from Harmful Algae” brochure. The publication, freely available ...