Birds are on the move — largely migrating in the dark.

Lights can confuse them and even kill them.

The state announced this week that it is once again participating in the “Lights Out” initiative, joining national and international efforts to turn off nonessential outdoor lights on state buildings.

Former Berne Town Board member Joel Willsey, who has long scrutinized that town’s highway practices, has discovered that the state’s official document-retention schedule is at odds with state law, allowing towns to discard notices after just one year instead of the five required by law. 

Veterinarians are being asked to submit samples from potentially affected cows to Cornell’s Animal Health Diagnostic Center, which is sequencing the virus to determine how it spreads and ways to prevent it. 

April 19 is the third application deadline for the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service New York

“No one can predict the exact time or place of any earthquake, including aftershocks,” says the United States Geological Survey.

A person’s life can change in an instant when an accident or a surgery gone awry causes paralysis.

We cover the news when it happens and now are following up with four of the people we’ve written about over the years to see how their lives have unfolded, how they are adapting to their new reality.

“I want to expand what I do as a planner and really dig into what I teach people how to do,” said Sean Maguire.

A new website launched by the New York State Mesonet at the University at Albany will offer real-time access to weather data statewide around the total solar eclipse on April 8.

ALBANY COUNTY — Western Albany County, including the Helderbergs, is under a winter storm watch from Wednesday morning until late Thursday night, according to the National Weather Service.

With the start of spring on Tuesday, the state has launched a New York Blooms Report, with a weekly map to help New Yorkers identify the best places to see roses, lilacs, tulips, cherry blossoms, and magnolias at attractions across the state.

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