Albany NY

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — An investigation is underway for a garage fire in Schenectady on Friday, according to the Schenectady Fire Department. The incident reportedly occurred on the 1300 block of Regal Avenue. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene following multiple calls of a reported structure fire. Upon...

Officials down at the port held a celebration last month with the arrival of locomotive #2502.

A weather alert was issued by the National Weather Service on Saturday at 8 a.m. for gusty winds until noon for Herkimer, Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie, Schenectady, Saratoga, Albany, Rensselaer and Columbia counties. "Current observations show isolated wind gusts up to 50 mph across parts of the Capital District,...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Albany, New York – A historic deep freeze gripping eastern New York is raising growing concerns for infrastructure and public safety as temperatures remain below freezing for more than two consecutive...

Kathleen Moore | Times Union, Albany, N.Y. Albany, New York — The State University of New York’s campuses desperately need repairs. There’s a $10 billion backlog in “critical maintenance” projects, Chancellor John King Jr. said. Speaking at a Times Union Editorial Board meeting on Thursday,...

A Virginia man has been arrested after he allegedly caused a high-speed crash that resulted in the death of an Upstate New York woman.

The man who wore a clown mask and raised a chainsaw at another man in Cohoes last May was sentenced in Albany County Court on Friday.

Dozens of local children have lost their after-school child care in recent months as Rensselaer County runs out of money to pay for it after New York expanded income eligibility for subsidies.

HALFMOON, NY — State Police arrested a Schenectady man on multiple felony charges following a disturbance at a residence on Lakeview Drive. Reginald L. Doston, 50, of Schenectady, was taken into custody Feb. 4, 2026, by State Police from Clifton Park with assistance from the Schenectady Police Department. Troopers...

Clifton Park, New York — In the spring of 2004, a truck driver named Joe Macken descended his basement stairs in Clifton Park, New York, with a simple idea: to see if he could build something cool out of balsa wood. He decided on a miniature replica of the...