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This winter has been an unusual one for our area. Temperatures have been way above average and snowfall has been way below average. I’m not complainin...

ALBANY (TNS) — The state Cannabis Control Board, which abruptly cancelled its monthly meeting last month, on Friday adopted rules that would allow any...

So Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring Friday at Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania. Just after sunrise, the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club said Phil...

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring Friday at Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania, the scene of the largest and best-known...

The eastern hemlock is an iconic element New York state’s forests — creating habitat wherever it stands and helping to keep our drinking water crisp a...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The state’s Col. William F. Fox Memorial Saratoga Tree Nursery has kicked off the annual spring seedling sale, which is open to the...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn and Janet Sweeney of the Pennsylvania Organ...

Women love shoes. Over the years there have been countless jokes about this and I’ve seen large closets specially designed for and filled with stylish...

It’s late January and the garden catalogues are beginning to show up in the mailbox. By this time of the year, many are getting tired of the dark skie...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — They have quirky names and are often mistaken for stones, but freshwater mussels are very much alive and perform critical ecologi...

SUNY Jamestown Community College welcomed three new full-time faculty members for the spring semester. Dr. Lillian Truong, who taught remotely last se...

ALBANY — The state Cannabis Control Board abruptly canceled its January meeting less than 17 hours before it was scheduled for Wednesday to consider p...

BELMONT — The Office for the Aging has an immediate need for volunteers willing to deliver Meals on Wheels in the Alfred/Almond area. As a volunteer, ...

Most folks view Punxsutawney Phil and his winter weather prediction — which is right around the corner — as harmless fun during the doldrums of the se...

BELMONT — Genesee Valley Central School will work with Ellicottville Greens for fresh produce thanks to a grant program. The school district received ...

ITHACA — Climate warming and lake browning — when dissolved organic matter from forests turns the water tea-brown — are making the bottom of most lake...

Not surprisingly, state Sen. George Borrello takes an extremely partisan position regarding Gov. Kathy Hochul’s recently enacted Birds & Bees Protecti...

ALBANY — The state has released a draft 2024-33 bobcat management plan, an update to the 2012-17 plan, for public comment. Since the publication of th...