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Friday
Feb
26
6:00 am
Court sides with Health Department on flu shot, mask rule
Rick Karlin is reporting at Capitol Confidential on Thu., Feb. 25, a state appellate court upheld the state Health Department’s 2013 order that health care workers get flu shots or wear masks around p...
Friday
Feb
26
12:03 am
Mountain bike event canceled
The warm winter has wrecked havoc on the local ski industry and canceled all sorts of events. The Round Top Mountain Bike Association's "Fat Fest" this weekend at Riedlbauer's Resort is the latest cas...
Friday
Feb
26
12:02 am
Recycling costs are spiraling out of control
Brian Nearing reports in The Albany Times-Union that electronics manufacturers were supposed to cover the costs of recycling waste under the 2010 e-waste law. Instead New York taxpayers are on the hoo...
Friday
Feb
26
12:01 am
Friday, February 26, 2016 local almanac
Today is Day 16 of the WGXC High Five Pledge Drive. Your tax-deductible contribution will help sustain WGXC as a public platform for information, experimentation, and engagement. Thank you for support...
Thursday
Feb
25
8:00 am
WGXC local news audio link
DOWNLOAD or play the audio version of the local headlines and weather for Thu., Feb. 25 (9:15). (Produced by Philip Grant.)
Thursday
Feb
25
7:00 am
Chatham passes vet exemption
Karrie Allen is reporting in the Chatham Courier the Chatham Board of Education approved a resolution approving the Alternative Veterans' Exemption following a hearing, Tue., Feb. 23. The exemption ap...
Thursday
Feb
25
6:20 am
Saugerties man dies in Greene County Jail
Jim Planck is reporting in The Daily Mail a 36-year-old man died while in police custody at the Greene County Jail Mon., Feb. 22. Greene County Sheriff Greg Seeley said Robert C. Knisell Jr., of Sauge...
Thursday
Feb
25
6:00 am
Columbia County considers plan for legal fireworks
Jeanette Wolfberg is reporting in the Columbia Paper the possible legalization of the sale of fireworks in Columbia County dominated the county Board of Supervisors Public Safety Committee meeting las...
Thursday
Feb
25
12:04 am
Pipeline opponents ask DEC to deny permit
Click here to play or download an audio version of this report. Andrea Sears reports from New York News Connection for Public News Service that opponents of a proposed gas pipeline want the state to...
Thursday
Feb
25
12:03 am
Cuomo keeps quiet on ethics reform
Casey Seiler in Capitol Confidential reports that Governor Andrew Cuomo continues to keep quiet on possible ethics reform in Albany. In Kingston Feb. 24 to tout his $15 minimum wage proposal, asked wh...
Thursday
Feb
25
12:02 am
WGHQ turns country
The Daily Freeman reports that Kingston-based radio station WGHQ (920-AM) stops airing Connecticut's "Robin Hood Radio," changing to a country music format next week. Robin Hood Radio airs on three st...
Thursday
Feb
25
12:01 am
Thursday, February 25, 2016 local almanac
Today is Day 15 of the WGXC High Five Pledge Drive. Tune in for a full slate of remote broadcasts, and turn out for special events. Your tax-deductible contribution will help sustain WGXC as a public...
Wednesday
Feb
24
8:00 am
WGXC local news audio link
DOWNLOAD or play the audio version of the local headlines and weather for Wed., Feb. 24 (7:15). (Produced by Philip Grant.)
Wednesday
Feb
24
6:20 am
School closings and delays
Closings and delays for Wed., Feb. 24 Cairo-Durham Central School District | Delayed two hours. No morning preschool. No morning BOCES. Chatham Central School District | Delayed two hours. Middle sc...
Wednesday
Feb
24
5:45 am
Town board looking to stop speeding on Route 23A
Jim Planck is reporting in The Daily Mail the Catskill Town Board is taking action to slow down speeders on Route 23 east of the hamlet. The board agreed during its February workshop meeting that the...
Wednesday
Feb
24
5:15 am
Board gives Pine Haven administrator a raise; three supes balk
Jeannette Wolfberg is reporting in the Columbia Paper the Columbia County Board of Supervisors voted last week to increase the salary of the administrator of the Pine Haven Nursing and Rehabilitation...
Wednesday
Feb
24
4:45 am
PSC to crackdown on exploitative utility vendors
William J. Kemble is reporting in the Daily Freeman the state Public Service Commission has voted to crack down on vendors that falsely claim to have lower electricity prices, violate marketing rules...
Wednesday
Feb
24
12:03 am
School districts not clamoring for $2 billion bond money
Kenneth Lovett in The New York Daily News reports that though voters approved a $2 billion bond act in 2014 for schools to buy new technology, "not a dime has been spent on the effort." And only about...
Wednesday
Feb
24
12:02 am
Claverack's Brookwood Secure Facility leaves doors unlocked
Roger Hannigan Gilson in the Register-Star reports that doors are routinely left unlocked at the Brookwood Secure Facility in Claverack. The revelation that a local prison regularly leaves doors unloc...
Wednesday
Feb
24
12:01 am
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 local almanac
Today is Day 14 of the WGXC High Five Pledge Drive. Tune in for a full slate of remote broadcasts, and turn out for special events. Your tax-deductible contribution will help sustain WGXC as a public...