Capital Region News

A vote by the Albany County Legislature on a local clean air law is expected tonight.

A weekend shooting in Albany claimed four victims.

Former Rensselaer Mayor Joseph Kapp was killed in an explosion Wednesday at a Schenectady business.

Albany County is looking to help the city of Albany deal with raging gun violence.

We've all been tested by the coronavirus pandemic in one way or another. Many of us have endured the technical difficulties associated with working remotely. That extended to the Albany Common Council meeting Monday, as frustrations boiled over.

Local police agencies continue to grapple with a summer of gun violence some say has been fueled by the pandemic.

Hospitals nationwide are experiencing shortages of materials used in coronavirus testing. A medical team at Saratoga Hospital is now sharing its "pooled COVID-19 testing" method.

July 31 marked James Baldwin’s last day as president and CEO of Excelsior College. With a current enrollment of more than 23,000, the private, online institution based in Albany was founded in 1971 and has had just three presidents. The 65-year-old Baldwin was appointed president in October 2016. 

The City of Albany continues to seek nominations for the fourth Annual Henry Johnson Award for Distinguished Community Service.

The Capital Region still is still feeling the impact of COVID-19 with two seperate outbreaks causing concern.
 

As school officials scramble to shore up reopening plans, parents across the Northeast are wondering if they'll be sending their children back to school or be keeping them home come September.

Police, fire and Bethlehem town officials gathered Thursday afternoon outside the town hall for a walkout ceremony retiring Police Chief Louis Corsi.

Communities of color have traditionally faced disproportionate challenges, including air and noise pollution, lower incomes, and limited access to healthy food and medical care. Experts say the coronavirus pandemic has magnified all of these challenges.

Police in Albany are taking a cautious approach as dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles return to the streets.

Two Capital Region school districts will be operating on contingency budgets after two of three area spending plans were defeated in Tuesday’s revote.

As COVID-19 spreads across the country, the Capital Region is trying to keep control after a slight uptick in new cases.

Residents in three upstate New York school districts go back to the polls today to cast budget revotes.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and New York Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul stopped by Unity House of Troy Monday to meet with local child care providers and call for critical support for the industry.

Two law firms are filing more than 30 new child sexual abuse complaints against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany under New York state’s Child Victims Act. 

A July 4th party on Albany's Hudson Avenue has been identified as ground zero for a COVID-19 outbreak. Officials gathered on the street Monday afternoon to emphasize the importance of mask-wearing and social distancing.

Mayor Kathy Sheehan introduced the 2020 Albany Tulip Queen and her four court members outside the Washington Park Lakehouse on Saturday.

Albany County legislators gathered outside the county courthouse this morning to kick off what they say will be the most independent, inclusive redistricting process in the panel's history.

The city of Albany honored local World War I hero Sgt. Henry Johnson Wednesday.

A group of Rensselaer County residents plan to gather at the County Legislative Building late this afternoon in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Although coronavirus cases remain relatively low in Albany County, good news is hard to come by on the financial front.

The Rensselaer City School Board met virtually Thursday night to lay out its new proposed budget ahead of a July 28 revote.

The Albany Common Council is moving ahead with police reform proposals.

Incumbent David Soares is officially on his way to a fifth term after winning the Democratic primary for Albany County District Attorney.

In Albany Tuesday, officials hailed the completion of Phase One of the South End Connector, which links two popular bike trails.