Natalie Abruzzo

School districts in Steuben and Chemung counties held their annual budget votes and school board elections Tuesday. The Prattsburgh Central School District budget failed by fewer than nine votes.

The Corning-Painted Post Area School District presented its 2026-2027 budget proposal of $160.7 million to the public for comment earlier this week.

The Elmira City School District held a public forum Monday with the four school board candidates on the ballot. There are three seats up for election.

The Elmira City School District held a public hearing for its proposed $160,727,766 budget for 2026-2026 on Monday. The district said its tax levy remains under the state tax cap at 1.98 percent.

The Corning Street Tree Project plants trees for free for anyone in the city who signs up to receive one.

The school board for the Corning-Painted Area School District approved a $150.7 million budget Wednesday. The proposed budget increased $6.4 million over last year and the district kept it within the tax cap at a 2.56 percent tax levy.

It is school budget season across the region. Some school districts in Steuben and Chemung counties are proposing no increases in tax levies. Voters go to the polls in May.

Amazon may buy 30 acres of land in Big Flats to build a 150,000 square foot warehouse and distribution center as early as this spring. The company is in what appears to be the last stages of approval with the Chemung County Industrial Development Agency.

Two Democratic candidates looking to challenge Republican Nick Langworthy in the midterms for the 23rd Congressional District seat will begin collecting signatures Feb. 24 for ballot positions in the June primaries.

DNA testing and investigative genetic genealogy helped solve the murder of 12-year-old Mary Theresa Simpson nearly 62 years ago in Elmira.