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Albany Nepalese community holds vigil as Rasuwa flood casualties rise
With rescue efforts underway and casualty numbers increasing by the day, many Nepalis in the Capital Region, much like the Nepalis back in Kathmandu, say there is an air of worry and sadness as they watch and wait.
We deserve more than another lesson in resilience
As we approach the one-year anniversary of the launch of Worthy Ground, I have found myself in a space of grief. Just a little over four years ago, my hometown and the counties around us were destroyed by what was deemed a one-in-one-thousand-year flood. For four years, I’ve…
Six Albany-area nonprofits receive funding from opioid settlement fund
Six Albany-area non-profit organizations focused on addiction services are receiving grants totaling $518,000 from Albany County's opioid settlement fund.
North Country Honor Flight to unveil new transport vehicle
BETA Technologies will unveil a one-of-a-kind vehicle to honor veterans this weekend
Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood CEO talks Saratoga County expansion, healthcare roadblocks
As the federal government continues to explore changes to access to reproductive healthcare across the country, Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood is set to begin managing sexual and reproductive health services in Saratoga County by 2028. The consolidation will aim to bring…
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City of Plattsburgh considers moratorium on high energy computing facilities
The city of Plattsburgh will hold a public hearing Thursday evening for a proposed moratorium on “certain high energy computing facilities.”
Report shows Newburgh's Flock cameras accessed extensively by outside agencies
A Newburgh Police Department report obtained by WAMC says hundreds of thousands of searches by law enforcement agencies around the country included the City of Newburgh Police Department’s Flock License Plate Reader Network.
Adirondack Explorer’s Gwendolyn Craig provides an update on howitzer permit request
Craig has been following the legal process over a permit application to test fire howitzers in the Adirondacks
Pioneer Valley primary round-up with WMP&I’s Matt Szafranski
Amid statewide contests, like Sen. Ed Markey besting Congressman Seth Moulton in the Democratic Senate primary, western Mass. was home to a number of primaries over seats on Beacon Hill.WAMC kept track of those races Tuesday night, as did Western Mass Politics and Insight…
Outspent, but not outmatched: How Tara Jacobs upset the Mass. Dem establishment again
Tara Jacobs cruised in Tuesday's Democratic primary as she seeks a third two-year term as the western Massachusetts representative on the Governor's Council.
PSC opens statewide probe into affordability of utilities
The Kentucky Public Service Commission has opened a statewide investigation into whether electric and natural gas service is becoming unaffordable for Kentucky households and what can be done about it. The proceeding comes as Kentucky’s average residential electricity price…