ALBANY COUNTY — H1N1 influenza has taken its first life in Albany County, according to a release this week from the county’s health department.

ALBANY COUNTY — Altogether 25 drunk-driving arrests were made by Albany County police agencies participating in the 76^th countywide DWI Patrol, which ran from 10 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, to 5 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1.

Save the Pine Bush wins standing

ALBANY COUNTY — Save the Pine Bush has won a case in the state’s highest court that will have impacts across New York State.

ALBANY COUNTY — The fifth expansion of the Rapp Road landfill into the Pine Bush has met with a not surprising challenge.

Who has standing to protect environment?

Local districts handle controversial speech differently

Local districts took different approaches when it came to airing President Barack Obama’s speech for students returning to school this week.

BETHLEHEM — Few people came without prejudice to a forum on health-care reform last Tuesday.

Two distinct camps moved among each other in the glow of a setting sun in the Elm Avenue park in Delmar.

Father Young’s flagmen signal the way to a safe landing

“The stars aligned for me,” said David Hussey, a banquet captain at the Schuyler Inn in Menands, describing the day when he was given the option of drug treatment over jail time.

ALBANY COUNTY — This spring, Albany County submitted an application for a grant to study the creation of a regional solid-waste management authority.

State lawmakers and courts poised to make changes to prevent wrongful convictions