While just one hunter died last year from a shooting incident, four died after falling from tree stands.

Rosemary Christoff Dolan, Shutters Corners Town of Wright

These local students have recently distinguished themselves:

— Natalie Parker of Slingerlands, majoring in bachelor of science in health sciences, has been named a Peer Advisor for the 2022-2023 academic year at Western New England University;

These local students were named to the dean’s list or received a similar honor from their college or university for the fall 2022 semester:

— Emma Tessarzik of Berne, at Elmira College with a grade point average of 3.6 or higher;

ALBANY COUNTY — This week, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Board of the World Health Organization is meeting to work out the final terms of a global pandemic agreement and will then seek ratification of WHO’s 194 member states.

The Hudson Mohawk Area Health Education Center will host an informational training session at the Westerlo Public Library next month where attendees will learn how to administer Narcan, the name brand of a drug that reverses the effects of opioids and can stop an overdose. 

Economic achievements over the past year were central to County’s Executive Daniel McCoy’s 2023 state of Albany County.

On Wednesday, the state’s labor department announced that regulations for farm laborers overtime pay have been adopted.

Over the course of a decade, farm workers statewide will see the threshold for overtime pay lowered until it reaches 40 hours a week, down from the current 60.

The state comptroller’s Feb. 17 analysis shows sales-tax collections for Albany County increasing by 11.6 percent from January 2022 to January 2023 — going from $27.3 million to $30.55 million. Sales-tax levels still exceed pre-pandemic amounts

For centuries, a great primeval forest stretched uninterrupted from the Hudson River to Lake Erie. But, after little more than three generations of European development, the landscape was completely transformed.