Amy Barkley is a livestock specialist with the Southwest New York Dairy Livestock and Field Crops program and an expert for the avian influenza outbreak for Cornell. She also has her own…
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Indigenous Rights Advocate Leonard Peltier to Be Honored at Community Celebration
Leonard Peltier, the indigenous activist whose sentence was commuted by former President Biden on January 19, will not be relocated to house arrest until next month. However, a local celebration to commemorate…
Rural Migrant Communities Fear Deportation Amid Escalating Immigration Raids
The Trump administration has ramped up arrests of undocumented migrants in major cities around the country, detaining thousands of people including criminals and those without criminal histories alike. Since the president took…
Confirmed ‘Bird Flu’ Affecting Poultry on One Ulster County Farm
A flock of roughly 50 chickens and ducks on an Ulster County farm has been struck by avian flu, resulting in the deaths of all but two birds. The Ulster County Department…
NY State Gets a Failing Grade for Funding Tobacco Prevention Programs in Annual American Lung Association Report
The American Lung Association’s annual “State of Tobacco Control” report gives New York a failing grade for funding tobacco prevention programs. Year to year New York traditionally receives mixed grades in the…
NY Attorney General Sues Trump Administration as State Gets Locked Out of Medicaid
The effects of a federal spending freeze rolled through New York on Tuesday, as the state found itself unable to process Medicaid payments and Attorney General Letitia James joined a lawsuit to…
Science Stories with Joe Johnson
Joe Johnson is our resident science guy and he brought us some science stories that caught his eye recently, including: why the magnetic North Pole is on the move; an update on…
The Annual Winter Respiratory Virus Season is Back in Full Force
Does it feel like everyone around you is sick right now? Right now, the U.S. is grappling with not one, not two, but four major viral surges. As of mid-January, healthcare facilities…
Former NY-19 Congressman Molinaro to Oversee Mass Transit in Trump Administration
Marc Molinaro, former Republican congressman for NY-19 and opponent of congestion pricing is in line to lead the federal agency that oversees mass transit. Molinaro has had discussions with Trump administration officials…