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National Weather ServiceAs of 9:30 p.m. Monday, the towns of Canisteo, Bath, Cameron, Urbana, Pulteny, and Wayne were all under states of emergency. On Tuesday morning, the county lifted the emergency travel advisory, but officials are encouraging residents to be cautious when traveling. A travel advisory will remain in effect. -
Mark Schiefelbein/APA $9.4 billion rescission package is now in the hands of Congress. President Trump is asking to cancel federal funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Southern Tier Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY23) supports the funding cuts.
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President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful” bill calls for billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid. That could have serious consequences for hospitals in the Southern Tier. -
The Corning-Painted Post school district will lower its proposed 2025-26 budget amount and tax levy for a revote later this month. The district was awarded a $1.8 million grant from Corning Incorporated to bridge a deficit in the reduced budget, after voters rejected the first budget proposal. -
Activists from the climate justice group Cornell on Fire say similar protests have occurred in the past without disciplinary action. -
"It's so awesomely weird." -
The study showed that cold weather significantly increased how much energy was used by the buses' batteries. -
The judge's order blocks the administration from withholding federal funds, or taking other punitive actions against New York, while a lawsuit over congestion pricing continues through the courts. -
Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York has died at age 94. The outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hill and was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus. -
In early May, a patron was fatally stabbed during a community meal at Binghamton’s Salvation Army. The site closed at the request of Mayor Jared Kraham, but the Salvation Army announced Friday it will resume services using a mobile kitchen and food pantry. -
The union’s current contract expires at the end of June. -
Almost all New York school budgets passed this year. In the Southern Tier, some were less successfulWSKG’s Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo sat down with Ithaca reporter Aurora Berry and Elmira-Corning reporter Natalie Abruzzo this week, to talk through some of the more contentious local school budget elections.
