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SYRACUSE (TNS) — New York state is now allowing people who identify as a non-binary to list their gender as “X” on vital documents. The New York Depar...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul has named an acting commissioner to lead the state Department of Health after current Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett s...

ALBANY (TNS) — The state Department of Health is awarding a multi-billion-dollar transportation contract to a company owned by a significant campaign ...

ALBANY (TNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision on Friday, shifting governance over when a pregnancy can be terminated ...

BELMONT — COVID-19 cases rose above 9,000 on Sunday after 247 cases were reported over the weekend. Allegany County Department of Health officials rep...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Acting Secretary of Health Keara Klinepeter confirmed Tuesday that following Gov. Tom Wolf’s request for support from the Federal Emer...

ALBANY — It’s now against the law in New York state to use a fake vaccination card, according to a new bill signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul late Wednesday...

BELMONT — Another 127 people tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend in Allegany County, while two more have died. On Monday, the Allegany Count...

ALBANY (TNS) — The governor’s office on Wednesday clarified the justification for a COVID-19 emergency order after the Times Union questioned the init...

BELMONT — Eight deaths and 287 more COVID-19 cases were reported in the last week in Allegany County, state and county health authorities reported Mon...

ALBANY (TNS) — Thousands of nurses and other medical personnel who work in state agencies that care for inmates or disabled and mentally ill individua...

BELMONT — The exact death toll of COVID-19 in Allegany County is difficult to determine, with varying figures provided by county, state and federal au...

BELMONT — One new COVID-19-related death has been reported in Allegany County, state officials said Monday. On Sunday, the state Department of Health ...

An air quality alert has been issued for all of Upstate New York because of drifting smoke from the Western wildfires. While air quality alerts are ge...

ANGELICA — Those seeking COVID-19 vaccines can do so at the Allegany County Fair. The county Department of Health reported that the Johnson & Johnson ...

BELMONT — Allegany County marked its 3,600th COVID-19 case on Wednesday with just one new case. One new case was reported by the Allegany County Depar...

BRADFORD, Pa. — McKean County is the only one in Pennsylvania to be listed in the category of substantial community spread of COVID-19. In the weekly ...

ALBANY — New York eased its mask and social distancing mandate s again Wednesday, but people shouldn’t be throwing their face coverings in the garbage...