WSKG News

For more stories on New York State, check out The Innovation Trail.
A unanimous state ethics board appears to launch  a full investigation into the Assembly’s sexual harassment scandal.   The vote followed an acrimonious meeting , where commissioners appointed by the Assembly Speaker demanded a...
Franklin Stage Company's 16th anniversary season comes to a close on Saturday September 8th at 8pm and Sunday September 9th at 2pm with two benefit performances by Tom Morgan of his newest play A CODA: THE FINAL TALES FROM THE EMPIRE. For...
Violinist Uli Speth and pianist Maxim Pakhomov present a concert of music by Mozart, Vaughan Williams, JS Bach, and Schubert on Sunday, September 9th at 3pm in the Phelps Mansion Museum, 191 Court St. More details here
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Town officials and landowners eager for shale gas drilling to begin in southern New York are pressing Gov. Andrew Cuomo to approve an environmental review that's been four years in the making. More than 40 towns have passed...
NEW YORK (AP) - A colossal international effort has yielded the first comprehensive look at how our DNA works, an encyclopedia of information that will rewrite the textbooks and offer new insights into the biology of disease. For one thing, it may...
New York State is poised to issue its final plans for regulating hydrofracking. But even with a decision imminent, there’s no guarantee this controversy will die down. “We’re going to scrutinize them with the fine-tooth comb, and...