New York environmental officials announced a new statewide plan to address harmful algal blooms, outlining a five-year ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Late bow and muzzleloader deer hunting seasons will reopen across most of New York's Southern Zone — starting Dec. 26 and ending Jan. 1 — as part of the state's Holiday Deer Hunt. New ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation launched a campaign called “Don’t Be Salty, New York!” to encourage people to use less rock salt this winter. The ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation on Monday released safety statistics for the 2025 hunting season. The numbers are good news: it was New York’s safest season since the DEC began ...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Amanda Lefton has announced another year of safe hunting ...

For all the outcry over a stench that occasionally descends upon an Irondequoit neighborhood, the NYS Department of ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced on Monday that hunters harvested an estimated 1,759 black bears during the 2025-26 hunting seasons. According to DEC’s tracking of the ...

Anyone who regularly mails gifts to loved ones during the holiday season knows the United States Postal Service is typically closed on Christmas Day and then open and operating again on Dec. 26. But ...

To many, December 26 may feel like a holiday. Offices remain mostly empty, families are still in town and employers don't expect much work to get done when it falls on a Friday, like in 2025. Its ...