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Tuesday
Aug
23
12:04 am
Kinderhook holds town meeting on overdose deaths
Emilia Teasdale is reporting in The Columbia Paper Kinderhook residents packed the town courtroom last week for a meeting about heroin use and local overdose deaths. Deputy town supervisor Patsy Leade...
Tuesday
Aug
23
12:03 am
Ulster County bans sky lanterns
William J. Kemble is reporting in the Daily Freeman Ulster County lawmakers last week adopted a law that prohibits the sale or use of sky lanterns as a fire and safety hazard. Sky lanterns resemble an...
Tuesday
Aug
23
12:02 am
AG finds BlueShield illegally denied claims for mental, nutritional counseling
Claire Hughes is reporting in the Times Union BlueShield of Northeastern New York and two related organizations wrongfully denied $1.6 million in claims for psychotherapy and nutritional counseling, a...
Tuesday
Aug
23
12:01 am
Tuesday, August 23, 2016 local almanac
Local weather forecast: Today: Patchy fog before 7 a.m. Otherwise, sunny. High near 79. Tuesday night, mostly clear. Low around 56. FORECAST FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS WEDNESDAY: Sunny. High near 86. Wed...
Monday
Aug
22
10:55 pm
Radio News: FCC ramps up public actions against pirate radio
David Oxenford at the Broadcast Law Blog reports that the Federal Communications Commission is currently going through one of its every-few-years efforts to make it seem like it is cracking down on p...
Monday
Aug
22
4:00 pm
WGXC Local News Update Audio Link
DOWNLOAD or play the audio version of the local news update for Thu., Aug. 18 (3:11). (Produced by Alanna Medlock.)
Monday
Aug
22
11:45 am
WGXC Local News Audio Link
DOWNLOAD or play the audio version of the local news headlines for Mon., Aug. 22 (7:33). (Produced by Philip Grant.)
Monday
Aug
22
6:00 am
Weekend in review
Some of the stories that made the news Fri., Aug. 19 through Sun., Aug. 21: Katie Kocijanski reported in the Register-Star a 56-year old New Jersey woman died Fri., Aug. 19, after falling 100 feet of...
Monday
Aug
22
12:01 am
Monday, August 22, 2016 local almanac
Local weather forecast: Today: Sunny. High near 74. Monday night, mostly clear. Low around 53. FORECAST FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS TUESDAY: Sunny High near 79. Tuesday night, patchy fog after 4 a.m. Othe...
Saturday
Aug
20
12:15 am
New trails in Windham discussed in Tannersville
Greg Hudson reports in The Windham Journal that in Tannersville Aug. 17 that the Department of Environmental Conservation presented plans to develop multi-use trails at Mount Hayden, an 806-acre parce...
Saturday
Aug
20
12:01 am
Saturday, August 20, 2016 local almanac
Local weather forecast: Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84, and a low around 66. FORECAST FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS SUNDAY: There is a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after...
Friday
Aug
19
4:00 pm
WGXC Local News Update Audio Link
DOWNLOAD or play the audio version of the local news update for Fri., Aug. 19 (4:42). (Produced by Lynn Sloneker.)
Friday
Aug
19
12:04 pm
New rules at Indian Ladder Farms
Melissa Hale-Spencer in The Altamont Enterprise reports that Judith Enk, the regional administrator for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, was in Altamont in Albany County at Indian La...
Friday
Aug
19
11:45 am
Sheriff says Albany County is understaffed
Elizabeth Floyd Mair reports in The Altamont Enterprise that Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple is negotiating in public to raise police salaries. Apple says all of his stations are understaffed by off...
Friday
Aug
19
11:03 am
Albany County towns get firefighting funds
On Aug. 18 U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced thousands in federal funding for 12 southern Albany County fire departments. The Berne Fire District (Berne and East Berne Fir...
Friday
Aug
19
10:00 am
WGXC Local News Audio Link
DOWNLOAD or play the audio version of the local news headlines for Fri., Aug. 19 (5:55). (Produced by Philip Grant.)
Friday
Aug
19
7:00 am
Bailiwick Ranch fined by the USDA
Daniel Zuckerman is reporting in The Daily Mail the Bailiwick Ranch and Discovery Ranch in Catskill has been fined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for violation of the Animal Welfare Act. The fa...
Friday
Aug
19
6:45 am
Ulster, Columbia gain jobs; employment in Greene drops
The Daily Freeman is reporting Ulster County had the second-highest percentage of new jobs statewide during the 12-month period ending in July. The county’s rate of new jobs rose by 3.3 percent, accor...
Friday
Aug
19
6:30 am
Faso and Teachout to debate on WAMC
Matthew Hamilton is reporting at Capitol Confidential 19th Congressional District candidates John Faso and Zephyr Teachout will debate on NPR affiliate WAMC, Thu., Sept. 15. The debate will be moderat...
Friday
Aug
19
12:05 am
Catskill begins budget process
Catskill Town Supervisor Doreen Davis began the first steps of next year's town budget process at the town meeting Aug. 17 that was broadcast by WGXC. She reported the town has only collected 63 perce...