A woman, who police say was intoxicated, falls to the bottom of a 60-foot cliff. A man, enjoying an outing with friends, slips off the top of  a dam, down a steep spillway  coated with mud and debris, and lands on rocks below the spillway,  a fall of 35 feet. Both survive. Both are rescued. But their salvation required rescuers trained in the art of “rope rescue.”

Some state legislators are eager to make it a felony to cruelly kill a wild animal, although a spokesman for the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation said such acts are rare.

As nine state challenge federal directives to provide “a safe environment” for transgender students, local districts have been quietly doing just that.

The Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley announced its new workshop series, “Creators of Beauty: Hand Painted Quilt Squares.”  Under the guidance of Jeannie Thomma, a local artist, the three-week series will provide people with disabilities the opportunity to create felt panels which will be sewn into a community quilt.

ALBANY COUNTY — After two years of protests, public meetings, and the institution of water-protection laws in two counties, the natural gas pipeline expansion project has been officially withdrawn.

Training that can diffuse a crisis would be safer for citizens and for the police officers who risk their lives to make our society safer.

The Alliance for Environmental Renewal, led by its president, Peter Henner, filed a lawsuit on May 5 against Empire State Development to stop it from distributing any of the $500 million that was appropriated by the New York State Legislature to improve broadband access, to ensure that areas without access receive it before the funds are depleted.

A three-decades-old shooting by Albany Police led to the creation of the city's Mobile Crisis Team.

SCHENECTADY — Justus Andrew Booze, whom his close friend called “the light in the room when you felt alone,” died Wednesday, May 4, 2016, in a workplace accident in Guilderland. He was 23.