Lucas Willard

For the final installment of WAMC's weeklong series on law enforcement in our communities, we now take a look back at how the national immigration crisis arrived at the Albany County Jail and the surge of community support that stepped forward to do what the federal government would not.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers at Lake George have been collecting data on the Adirondack lake as part of the Jefferson Project, a collaboration between RPI, IBM, and the FUND for Lake George.

As part of a special exhibit tonight at RPI’s Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, students have taken data and transformed it into a sensory experience that includes visual and audio field recordings, as well as data visualization and sonification to explore the data in a unique way.

Students made final preparations on the installation Tuesday evening.

After more than two hours of public dialogue on a resolution to declare Troy, New York a sanctuary city, the city council voted to delay action last night.

With the recent retirement announcement by Saratoga Springs’ fire chief, the city will begin interviewing for a new chief next week.

Construction work is underway and a multi-million dollar fundraising goal is nearing completion for a long-awaited music and arts space in Saratoga Springs.

The Democratic mayor of Troy, New York is opposing a proposal to declare the community a sanctuary city.

A new study details the impact of historic preservation in a city booming with new development.

Nine colleges and universities in New York’s Capital Region are seeing an increase in research and development funding.

Municipalities in our region are considering budgets for the upcoming fiscal year.

A new study examines the economic impact of an arena long at the heart of downtown Glens Falls.

A concept for a new parking structure in downtown Saratoga Springs has been unveiled. It’s the latest in a years-long debate that has stalled the development of a garage to serve downtown businesses and the Saratoga Springs City Center.

First Night will return for its 23rd New Year’s Eve celebration in Saratoga Springs. Organizers provided details of the annual event today.

Discussion continued in the Niskayuna Central School District last night following an hours-long lockdown earlier this month that distressed some parents and students.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos is leaving his post. First appointed by Governor Cuomo in 2015, Seggos previously served as Deputy Secretary for the Environment for the governor. Seggos is stepping aside at a critical time for environmental issues in New York.

The Niskayuna Central School District in Schenectady County has scheduled additional dialogue following a lockdown last week that kept students and staff in their classrooms hours after the final bell.

Albany County has become the first in the state to reallocate funding received from the federal government for housing undocumented migrants toward helping those individuals seek asylum.