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Friday
May
27
12:01 am
Friday, May 27, 2016 local almanac
Local weather forecast The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for the WGXC listening area. Widely scattered to scattered non-severe thunderstorms are possible F...
Thursday
May
26
10:53 pm
Radio News: Wireless devices marketed to children may violate law
The Guardian has found in an investigation that new electronic gizmos such as Amazon's Echo violate the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), set up to regulate the collection and use...
Thursday
May
26
12:52 pm
Most of Knox town board holds secret meeting
Melissa Hale-Spencer reports in the Altamont Enterprise that four board members in the Albany County town of Knox held a private meeting May 8, "advised by town attorney John Dorfman," without Town Su...
Thursday
May
26
12:45 pm
COs protest for safety in local prisons
Briggette Sayegh at Time Warner News reports that a picket line with dozens of correction officers protested for safety awareness outside the Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Ulster County on May 2...
Thursday
May
26
11:10 am
Thursday
May
26
7:00 am
Faso, Heaney announce debate schedule
John Mason is reporting in the Register-Star the two Republican candidates facing off in the June GOP primary for the 19th Congressional District seat have announced plans to debate in the coming week...
Thursday
May
26
6:40 am
Beck, Wilco headed to Hunter next week
Brian Hubert is reporting in the Daily Freeman more than 50,000 people are expected to flock to Hunter Mountain next week for the 12th annual Mountain Jam. The four-day event will feature more than 40...
Thursday
May
26
6:30 am
State to eliminate 'tampon tax'
Matthew Hamilton is reporting in the Times Union legislation to eliminate the state tampon tax is now in the hands of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The governor is expected to sign the measure into law. The stat...
Thursday
May
26
12:05 am
PSC holds public hearings in Kingston
The Public Service Commission holds public hearings on May 26 in Kingston about the state's Clean Energy Standard, which would require utility companies to buy increasing amounts of electricity from r...
Thursday
May
26
12:04 am
Tannersville farmers market debuts this weekend
Greg Hudson reports in The Daily Mail that Tannersville’s first farmers market debuts Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the large municipal lot behind Last Chance Antiques and Cheese Cafe. There will...
Thursday
May
26
12:03 am
Final push for New York State GMO labeling law
Click here to play or download an audio version of this report. Andrea Sears reports that consumer advocates were in Albany on Tuesday, urging passage of a bill to require labeling of genetically mod...
Thursday
May
26
12:02 am
Cuomo dares legislature to close LLC loopholes
Casey Seiler in The Albany Times-Union reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo made something of a political stunt May 24. At the end of the legislative session without any ethics action, but with the recent p...
Thursday
May
26
12:01 am
Thursday, May 26, 2016 local almanac
Local weather forecast Today: Mostly sunny. High near 85. Thursday night, a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. Mostly cloudy. Low around 64. FORECAST FOR THE NEXT T...
Wednesday
May
25
11:17 pm
Radio News: Net neutrality is the law, but not the practice
Click here to download or play an audio version of this report. Net neutrality may be an issue that's never settled. Courts have struck versions down in the past, and they may again in the future....
Wednesday
May
25
4:25 pm
Audio Feature: Hudson Mayor Tiffany Martin Hamilton talks issues
Hudson Mayor Tiffany Martin Hamilton spoke about several current issues at the Paul and Clara Kellner Café at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson on May 25 with WGXC's Philip Grant, Holly Tanner, and...
Wednesday
May
25
4:23 pm
Audio Feature: The 2016 Music Mentors Project in Hudson schools
Dan Udell recorded and uploaded this performance from the 2016 Music Mentors Project in Hudson schools.
Wednesday
May
25
10:30 am
WGXC Local News Audio Link
DOWNLOAD or play the audio version of the local headlines for Wed., May 25 (9:23). (Produced by Philip Grant.)
Wednesday
May
25
6:15 am
Nature Conservancy acquires parcel at head of Platte Clove
Jim Planck is reporting in The Daily Mail the Nature Conservancy announced it has purchased a 70-acre parcel on the north side of Platte Clove in Hunter, connecting the lands of the Catskill Center fo...
Wednesday
May
25
6:00 am
Tucker outlines new economic development projects
Katie Kocijanski is reporting in the Register-Star newly appointed Columbia Economic Development Corporation CEO and President F. Michael Tucker discussed active economic development projects at a pub...
Wednesday
May
25
5:55 am
Columbia County unemployment rate second lowest in NY
The Daily Freeman is reporting unemployment rates in Mid-Hudson and Catskills counties were lower in April 2016, than last year, the state Department of Labor reported Tue., May 24. Columbia County ha...