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Senator Charles Schumer was in Norwich yesterday to announce new legislation to help rural hospitals. The Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017 will provide funds to assist hospitals in small communities as the federal government plans for cuts to Medicare and Medicaid. Schumer says... Read More.

Authorities say a Hornell man died yesterday after drowning in a Steuben County lake. The county sheriff's office says 23-year-old Zachary George died drowned after his kayak capsized on Almond Lake in Hornellsville. He was pulled out of the water by firefighters, but was... Read More.

Two people were injured when a large box truck collided with a Greyhound bus on Route 81 North in Lisle yesterday. The Broome County Sheriff's Office says it started when the box truck driven by 62-year-old George Koestner of Jonestown, PA drove off the... Read More.

Binghamton University will host the statewide Odyssey of the Mind Finals tomorrow. The 38th-annual New York State finals will begin at 8am in various locations on campus, and attendees can expect to see a showcase of creativity from the teams that advanced from the... Read More.

Members from the Kathy Hansen School of Dance and Camp Ahwaga will join forces to raise money for the annual summer camp this Sunday from 1:30-4pm at the Owego-Apalachin Middle School. The third-annual event will showcase the competitive dance teams from... Read More.

This weekend is opening weekend at Watkins Glen International. Anyone can take three paced laps on the 3.4-mile road course for just $25 per vehicle on Saturday and Sunday. Proceeds will benefit local community organizations. Also Saturday, the ARC of Schuyler... Read More.

With no agreement in place for New York, legislators passed a budget extender yesterday, which will fund all government operations through May 31. Besides keeping the state government open, it will also increase salaries for the state's 120,000 direct care professionals, award $16.4 billion... Read More.

With more rain in the forecast today and later this week, the National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for the Southern Tier of New York and Northeastern Pennsylvania through Saturday morning. The weather service says around 1 inch of rain today will... Read More.

The deadline came and went over the weekend with no budget agreement in place for New York. The 2017-2018 fiscal year began on Saturday for the state, but lawmakers could not come to a budget agreement despite working through the weekend. They will be... Read More.

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $1.6 billion contract for a radar system that is manufactured at four different sites, including Owego. The Q-53 radar system's final assembly point is the Lockheed Martin plant in Liverpool, near Syracuse. The company says this is the... Read More.

Police In Ithaca are continuing to investigate a weekend stabbing that left a man with wounds to his upper chest and neck. The stabbing was reported around 2am Saturday in the 500 block of West State Street. The man, who was not identified, was... Read More.

Negotiations continue in Albany today as lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo try to settle on a budget agreement before the April 1 deadline. Legislative leaders did not provide much of an update yesterday, except to say that their talks continue with the governor behind... Read More.