"Our focus is on providing people with information." Officials warn against eating fish from popular US lakes due to toxic ...

USA Today has released its list of the 10 best hiking trails in the United States for 2025. Two trails in New York state ...

New York has 67 state-owned swimming beaches and all are tested regularly to determine the public's risk of coming in contact ...

Chris Lajewski, program director of the Onondaga Lake Conservation Corps, said native plants are among the easiest to grow in a central New York garden. “These are all native plants that are adapted ...

The fracking industry says its operators strictly adhere to regulations, and it has “no greater priority” than ensuring ...

Dissension regarding the future of Fredonia’s water system continues to stir up nasty confrontations and shouting matches during Village Board meetings. Previous elected or appointed leaders are some ...

Public pools officially open today in NYC, including a brand new pool in Central Park​. Here's how to find one near you.

New York City's outdoor public pools opened for the season on Friday. One of those pools is the city's biggest one, in Astoria, which reopened to the public last summer after a $18.9 million ...

United States Rep. Elise Stefanik is preparing to launch a campaign for NY governor. Also, two arrests have been made in a ...

Earlier this month, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation held a public hearing to ...

New York is home to the nation's oldest nuclear reactor - Nine Mile Point's Unit 1 - which has been around since 1969.

Author and screenwriter Dennis Lehane has a healthy respect for the power of fire. He learned that the hard way — surviving a ...