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Tuesday

May

09

12:51 pm

Filing hints there could be more indictments in Rensselaer County ballot fraud case

May 09, 2023 12:51 pm • Staff

Brendan J. Lyons reports in the Times Union that the U.S. attorney’s office may have other “targets or subjects of the investigation” into election fraud allegations among Republicans in Rensselaer Co...

Tuesday

May

09

12:11 pm

Historic Columbia County bell missing, presumed stolen

May 09, 2023 12:11 pm • Staff

Diane Valden reports for the Columbia Paper that a 145-year-old was last seen at the Malden Bridge Community Center on the evening of April 24, and was reported missing the morning of April 25. The be...

Tuesday

May

09

7:15 am

WGXC Daily News: 20230509

May 09, 2023 7:15 am • Produced by Philip Grant.

Today's daily news audio update.

Tuesday

May

09

5:45 am

WGXC Better Weather: 20230509

May 09, 2023 5:45 am • Produced by Joe Demanso.

Click above to download or play the "Better Weather." Produced by Joe Demanso of the Catskill Makers Syndicate.

Tuesday

May

09

1:01 am

One ship still moving freight by sail on the Hudson River

May 09, 2023 1:01 am • Staff

Doug Bierend reports in the Times Union that the schooner Apollonia has moved around 110,000 pounds of cargo and burned fewer than 10 gallons of diesel fuel in three years of sailing on the Hudson Riv...

Tuesday

May

09

12:33 am

Three candidates for three seats in Chatham school board election

May 09, 2023 12:33 am • Staff

Jammel Cutler reports for Columbia-Greene Media that Matthew Fisch, Dawn Friedman, and Marianne Pierro are running for three seats on the Chatham school board. Fisch has been board president since 202...

Tuesday

May

09

12:21 am

Marchetto appointed interim county coroner

May 09, 2023 12:21 am • Staff

Jeanette Wolfberg reports in the Columbia Paper that the Columbia County Board of Supervisors appointed Kevin Marchetto interim county coroner at its April 12 meeting. Marchetto is running for the pos...

Monday

May

08

3:30 pm

WGXC News Update: 20230508

May 08, 2023 3:30 pm • Produced by Philip Grant.

Today's audio daily news update.

Monday

May

08

1:03 pm

Expansion of Red Flag law has led to more gun seizures in New York

May 08, 2023 1:03 pm • Staff

Brendan J. Lyons reports in the Times Union that last year's expansion of New York's so-called "Red Flag" law has caused a major increase in the number of firearms being seized by police from individu...

Monday

May

08

12:45 pm

State budget gets good and bad local reviews

May 08, 2023 12:45 pm • Staff

Raymond Pignone at Columbia-Greene Media rounds up some reaction to the $229 billion state budget that was passed over a month late in Albany last week. Democratic State Sen. Michelle Hinchey said, “W...

Monday

May

08

12:21 pm

Rudeness allowed at Massachusetts town meetings

May 08, 2023 12:21 pm • Staff

Greta Jochem reports in The Berkshire Eagle that the highest court in Massachusetts has ruled the speakers have the right to be rude in public comment at a town meeting. The State Supreme Judicial Cou...

Monday

May

08

7:15 am

WGXC Daily News: 20230508

May 08, 2023 7:15 am • Produced by Philip Grant.

Today's daily news audio update.

Monday

May

08

12:59 am

Report shows a segregated New York

May 08, 2023 12:59 am • Staff

Nick Reisman reports for New York State of Politics that Gov. Kathy Hochul's office released a report on May 5 showing how African-Americans, women, and the disabled have it worse in New York's housin...

Monday

May

08

12:45 am

Schumer says upstate hospitals could get more federal funds

May 08, 2023 12:45 am • Staff

The Troy Record reports that New York Senator Chuck Schumer said that a proposed rules change for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could bring an estimated annual nearly $1 billion to Upstat...

Monday

May

08

12:24 am

Bash Bish Falls redesign to keep public out of the water

May 08, 2023 12:24 am • Staff

Sara Rizzo reports for News10 in Albany that Massachusetts has begun a redesign of the viewing area and parking lot at Bash Bish Falls, permanently blocking access to water at the bottom of the falls....

Monday

May

08

12:21 am

Troy church to give away AR-15

May 08, 2023 12:21 am • Staff

WNYT reports that with several more mass shootings across the country in the past week, the Grace Baptist Church of Troy announced it will raffle off an AR-15 gun or a flamethrower in July. The church...

Sunday

May

07

6:03 am

Audio Feature: WGXC Congressional Report

May 07, 2023 6:03 am • Staff

Here is this week's WGXC Congressional Report, tracking the votes, statements, positions, and campaigns of the representatives and candidates for the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st Congressional seats in...

Friday

May

05

3:30 pm

WGXC News Update: 20230505

May 05, 2023 3:30 pm • Produced by Philip Grant.

Today's audio daily news update.

Friday

May

05

1:03 pm

Hudson police officer with many transgressions still on force

May 05, 2023 1:03 pm • Staff

Roger Hannigan Gilson reports in the Times Union that the Hudson police department says they have an officer who lied in an incident report, drove with a suspended registration, and repeatedly left hi...

Friday

May

05

12:34 pm

BKW schools get program to help with adverse childhood experiences

May 05, 2023 12:34 pm • Staff

Noah Zweifel reports in the Altamont Enterprise that the Berne-Knox-Westerlo school in southern Albany County is the first school district in New York state to be considered a trauma-skilled school, w...