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View of the Delicate Arch at sunset in the Arches National Park near Moab, Utah on April 21, 2018. - The park which has over 2000 arches that were formed over 100 million years by a combination of water, ice, extreme temperatures and underground salt movement. (Photo by Mark Ralston / AFP) (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

Arches is the latest U.S. national park to roll out timed reservations as visits surge

The Utah national park joins Glacier and Rocky Mountain in setting up a timed entry reservation system to deal with a gush of visitors that began during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Broad Street in downtown Norwich. (Provided by Commerce Chenango)

Norwich, Endicott will receive $10 million from NY’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative

The City of Norwich in Chenango County and the Village of Endicott in Broome County will each receive $10 million for downtown improvements.

Nominee to be the Comptroller of the Currency Saule Omarova testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on November 18, 2021. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Saule Omarova gets candid: Banks sank her nomination to become a key regulator

Days after withdrawing her nomination to become a key banking regulator, Omarova blames banks for distorting her research and creating an ugly environment.

Light from the morning sun illuminates the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court again leaves state vaccine mandate in place for health care workers

This case from New York was the second time the court has refused to block such a state vaccine mandate for health care workers.

Air Force discharges 27 for refusing to get COVID vaccine

The Pentagon earlier this year required the vaccine for all members of the military, including active duty, National Guard and the Reserves.

New York's COVID-19 mask mandate draws blowback

"I’m going to monitor what’s going on in the various counties, but I’m not attempting to be heavy-handed.”

New York Governor defends her mask mandate

“We have to get a point of rational discussion about this, and it’s not about scoring political points or getting headlines to call out the governor on an issue."

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., leaves his office after speaking with President Joe Biden about his long-stalled domestic agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. Manchin is a pivotal Democratic vote on passage of the president's top legislative priority. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Where things stand with the monthly expanded child tax credit payments

Because an extension of the child tax credit is tied in with President Biden's Build Back Better social spending plan, it remains unclear whether the monthly payments will continue beyond this year.

Hemp processor licensing begins again after months of delays

Hemp processing licenses are once again moving forward with New York state certification, after some were delayed for months following the overhaul of the state's cannabis law, earlier this year.

Cornell University goes online, cancels activities after COVID-19 outbreak

Tompkins County currently has more than 1,100 active COVID-19 cases. The vast majority of them, nearly 900, can be attributed to Cornell University students. But the county only has nine hospitalizations.

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