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RANDOLPH — By the time New York’s trout season opens Saturday, area streams and lakes will be teeming with trout released from the Randolph Fish Hatch...

From “bone dry” Olean to another series of floods in the region, from hundreds hitting the dance floor to seeking our place in the universe through ar...

ALFRED — Alfred University, in partnership with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and U.S.-based company Silica-X, is studyi...

ALBANY — Several area projects will receive state help totaling nearly $1.1 million to improve the quality of streams and groundwater. Gov. Kathy Hoch...

OLEAN — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking local comments on a proposed alteration to the Olean Levee Protection Plan. The scope of work incl...

From a fine display of motor cars to a call of action against “economic mugwumps”, from a run-and-gun win over Rutgers to county backing for JCC’s dow...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation Trees for Tribs’ “Buffer in a Bag” program will offer 25 seedlings to help the state’s landowners s...

BLEECKER (TNS) — A snowmobiler died after his sled went through the ice on a Mohawk Valley lake Thursday, Fulton County Sheriff Richard Giardino repor...

For decades, the West Valley Citizens Task Force, environmental groups and area county and local governments have pressed for a full cleanup at the We...

Anglers seeking to hit the ice this winter should be careful, said the head of the state Department of Environmental Conservation, especially in light...

Officials from the towns of Allegany and Olean met earlier this week with a representative of an Albany company seeking to site a 20-turbine wind farm...

OLEAN — Two city sewer discharges were reported Friday evening, releasing about 8,500 gallons of wastewater into Olean Creek and Allegheny River due t...

As I write, backbiting and finger-pointing have begun among Florida politicians about the timing of evacuation orders before Hurricane Ian. Having mad...

Lakes Country is beautiful at all time so the year, but the changing colors of leaves in autumn make for a particularly unique and spectacular show. H...

When the going gets tough, the clever go fishing. Few pastimes connect a person to the natural world like standing in a free-flowing stream casting fo...

New York state is updating statewide turkey hunting regulations by changing the minimum shot size hunters can use from No. 8 to No. 9. The state Depar...

A $400,000 purchase will help expand the Genesee Valley Greenway State Park by another 22 miles, state officials reported. Purchasing 17 miles of the ...

OLEAN — Three different drought monitoring systems now have Cattaraugus and Allegany counties under drought watches. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday dire...