30 April 2026 Archives (original) (raw)

Experts at SUNY’s Center for Vector-Borne Diseases are expecting a tough tick season. They say they’ve already seen a lot of early-season tick activity, despite the cold winter and spring. The Centers for…

Brett Budde looks out into a vast field of apple trees in Mountaindale, New York. His farm, Majestic Farm, grows all sorts of apple varieties: Crimson Crisps, Pristines, and his favorite, the…

A Sullivan County man has been sentenced to 40 years to life in state prison after being convicted of attempting to kill a police officer during a 2025 shooting, prosecutors said Thursday….

Japheth Fitzpatrick says he wants to run as an independent candidate for New York’s 100th Assembly District, which includes much of Sullivan County and the Middletown area in Orange County. But first,…

Born and raised in the Hudson Valley, Awa-Moon Barnett is a community organizer and educator who is opening the region’s first Black trans-owned bookstore this summer. Over the past year, Barnett has…

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. A federally mandated child welfare oversight body has called…

New York Public News Network | By Jimmy Vielkind Local jails across New York state would be barred from holding people for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under an immigration package taking shape…

Andrew Neiderman has spent much of his life writing stories. Long before he became known as the longtime writer behind the V.C. Andrews novels, before The Devil’s Advocate became a major Hollywood…