Lucas Willard

Union workers in Schenectady rallied outside of General Electric today, asking the company to ramp up production of ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The City of Saratoga Springs has advanced a long-awaited project to locate a fire/EMS facility on the city’s east side. 

Straining broadband internet and parents alike, students are now taking classes from home as schools remain closed due to the coronavirus. It’s not clear students will return at all this school year. Teachers have also had to adapt, bringing their instruction online. 

Upstate officials have different views on how to contain the spread of COVID-19, with some asking people with positive cases or coming from downstate areas to stay away.

Capital Region Congressman Paul Tonko is criticizing the Trump administration for mixed messages on its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Democrat from New York’s 20th District spoke to constituents on a telephone town hall Wednesday night. WAMC’s Southern Adirondack Bureau Chief Lucas Willard was on the line.

The COVID-19 outbreak has already proven to be a significant event in world history. And now one local organization wants to collect and preserve the stories of ordinary people living through it. 

The cities of Saratoga Springs and Schenectady are taking action to discourage large gatherings in a time of social distancing.

If you’ve been glued to social media for the last couple weeks like me, you have may noticed something between updates on coronavirus and videos from stir-crazy quarantinees.

On Friday, President Trump signed the $2.2 trillion stimulus bill to support the country’s COVID-19 response.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has estimated that the state needs at least 30,000 ventilators to meet projections during the COVID-19 crisis, which has already hospitalized thousands in the state.

Members of the business community in Saratoga County got an update on the $2 trillion federal stimulus bill today from Congresswoman Elise Stefanik and the Small Business Administration.

Officials in rural Montgomery County, New York updated the public on the spread of COVID-19 Tuesday afternoon.

With restrictions on crowd size under social distancing rules, the coronavirus outbreak has halted live performances and sent bands and entertainers home. WAMC’s Lucas Willard spoke with several working musicians who depend on touring and are wondering what to do next.

Saratoga County public health officials and leaders at Saratoga Hospital answered questions from the public Monday related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

As COVID-19 spreads throughout the region, municipalities are taking steps to minimize the outbreak’s impact on local budgets where they can. WAMC’s Southern Adirondack Bureau Chief Lucas Willard reports on last night’s city council meeting in Saratoga Springs.

Instead of heading for the beach, many college students are home for an extended spring break as concerns over the novel coronavirus mount. In several communities, volunteers are handing out meals to school-age children, seniors, and others with mobility issues. 

With a state of emergency in effect, Saratoga County officials held an update on the novel coronavirus on Tuesday afternoon. 

Under direction from Governor Andrew Cuomo, bars and restaurants in New York state are now restricted to take-out and delivery service only, as a strategy to prevent the spread of COVID-19. On Monday, just hours after the governor’s announcement, businesses in Albany were trying to figure out what to do next.

SUNY and CUNY campuses are now on an extended spring break amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Montgomery County Executive Matt Ossenfort delivered his annual State of the County address today, but it wasn’t the speech he was planning to give even earlier this week.

Many people in northern Saratoga County had an unusual wake-up alarm today. WAMC’s Southern Adirondack Bureau Chief Lucas Willard reports on this morning’s magnitude 3.1 earthquake.

Winter is melting away, and amphibians are on the move. WAMC’s Southern Adirondack Bureau Chief Lucas Willard was out Tuesday night to learn more the annual migratory event.

The Rensselear County legislature is scheduled to take action on Tuesday on a measure related to a facility across the Hudson River in Albany County that burned U.S. Department of Defense firefighting foam.

A Saratoga Springs non-profit that provides support services to people living with mental health and substance abuse disorders has launched a new effort to promote art therapy.