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The company that owns Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, located along the Hudson River in Buchanan, New York, announced on Thursday that they have delayed a planned water release for the now-shutdown energy producing plant.

Missing person searches are never easy. As time rips by, the chances of finding someone that can be helped become less and less. Technology has certainly helped in the rescue/recovery mission but it doesn't always lead to good endings.

Police were searching for a missing man along a river when the search turned into a gruesome discovery. Six bodies including that of a young child was found.

For those that aren't in favor of rewarding bad behavior, you may be torn reading this story. With a bizarre solution to violent crime in his city, an upstate New York mayor intends to reduce gun violence by paying gang members.

A non-profit recreation and swimming organization that is funded by it's membership trusted a County Finance Commissioner to be their treasurer. Unfortunately, as life goes sometimes, unexpected surprises happen.

Salmon are some of the best fresh water gamefish in the world. If you have ever had a 25-pound Chinook Salmon ripping line from your reel, you would know why they boast that reputation.

When a college shutters its doors, the impact is felt well beyond the students, faculty, staff and alumni. Small surrounding towns and villages are often devastated, as the life blood of their local economy shuts its doors. Throughout the United States small liberal arts colleges are struggling to stay alive. One upstate New York village is trying to get ahead of a potential problem from their college closing.

Why is there a giant cement re-enforced duck located on the east end of Long Island? Well, for one reason, less than 60 years ago the southeast extension of New York State was one of the top Peking Duck producers in the world.

The news is sad when a teacher is caught being involved in a crime. When the teacher involves their students, then police find illegal weapons at the teacher's house, the situation has taking a disturbing turn. That troubling turn-of-events took place at an upstate New York middle school.

The stories begin to become more frequent but no less disturbing. Five weeks ago, a six year old in Virginia intentionally shot his first grade teacher. Tuesday, a kindergartener in upstate New York, was found with a mini arsenal in their backpack.

Cheating options for students have reached a new level of sophistication. With artificial intelligence apps, like ChatGPT, students have well over a billion possible "human sounding responses" to questions at their fingertips. So, where do these A.I. apps leave our education system?

Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled her proposed 2024 New York State budget on Wednesday. It was the governor's second executive state budget proposal but first as the elected-governor. More than a few Democrats have taken issue with items within governor's budget. New Yorkers need Kathy Hochul to stand strong against her own party in order to avoid a recurrence of financial instability.