The fire started in the Rensselaer County Town of Berlin and has since spread into Western Massachusetts. It covered roughly 50 acres as of Monday afternoon.

Under the proposed plan, Albany County would use the medical examiner of a nearby county and then supplement that medical examiner's office with additional staff.

Ashley Carroll's remains were identified in an autopsy after Albany Police found them in a shed at a property in Albany's Whitehall Neighborhood while executing a search warrant.

Early voting in New York begins Saturday and as candidates make their final appeals to their constituents, affordability continues to top the list of voter concerns. WAMC's Annie Bennett with our Southern Adirondack Bureau Chief Aaron Shellow-Lavine who’s reported on the issue.

Times Union education reporter Kathleen Moore recently reported on the story of a 14-year-old home-schooled student named Michael Sweeney from Bethlehem, New York. Michael has been taking advanced college courses, but because he is only 14, under New York State law, he cannot graduate. And, because he does not have a high school diploma, he cannot enroll where he wants to go to college, at Arizona State University. WAMC’s Sam Dingman’s spoke with Kathleen, who tells the rest of the story.

The Troy City Council has voted to override a veto from Mayor Carmella Mantello on a law establishing restrictions on automated license plate readers.

Albany County voters will be asked to decide two ballot initiatives during the 2026 midterm elections.

A Schenectady man has been arrested in connection with the vandalism of an entire fleet of school buses earlier this month.

Democratic Rep. Paul Tonko is running for a 10th term in Congress. WAMC's Grant Ashley spoke with the incumbent to discuss why he's running again and what he would hope to achieve in another term.

After a racist video made by South Colonie high school students went viral, hundreds of community members described decades of racist incidents that weren't taken seriously.