ALBANY COUNTY — Albany County is expanding a program that this week got a national award for preventing drug overdose deaths.

The county’s Mobile Outreach Treatment and Overdose Response, known as MOTOR, program, launched in 2020, has received a National Association of Counties 2025 Achievement Award.

The “feels like” reading is supposed to decrease slightly on Tuesday to 107 degrees in Albany, which is still in the “danger” zone where heat cramps or heat exhaustion is likely and heat stroke is possible with physical activity, according to the Weather Service.

Warm weather will arrive early next week, the Weather Service says, forecasting a heat index for Albany of 98 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday, 108 degrees on Monday, and 106 degrees on Tuesday.

ALBANY COUNTY — The Affordable Housing Partnership of the Capital Region is working with Albany County to set up a First-Time Homebuyer Navigator Program. 

This initiative will create a new “navigator” position at the Affordable Housing Partnership with the goal of removing common barriers faced by first-time homebuyers.

ALBANY COUNTY — Albany County is again under a flood watch through 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 7.

This follows a June 6 flood watch that lasted till midnight. The heavy rains on June 6 flooded roads and parking lots in Altamont and washed out some driveways.

ALBANY COUNTY — Albany County is under a flood watch from noon today until midnight.

Isolated to scattered flash flooding is possible, according to the National Weather Service, especially if storms repeatedly track over the same areas.

These bar graphs show how, over the past six years, independent and Republican voters grew by relatively large margins across The Enterprise coverage area while nearly every town saw its number of Democratic voters shrink.

ALBANY COUNTY — In an era when antisemitism is on the rise, two local legislators are sponsoring a bill to establish a permanent Holocaust Memorial on the Empire State Plaza.

ALBANY COUNTY — In the lead-up to Memorial Day, Albany County has awarded $15,000 each to 10 different veterans’ service organizations as an annual token of appreciation.

The state has launched a real-time emergency and weather alert system called “Triple Three Triple One.”