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Cooling centers are open across the region where people can take shelter from the heat wave.

Ahead of a busy election year, the Broome County Board of Elections has installed all-new voting machines. They will be used by voters for the first time on Saturday, when early voting in New York’s presidential primary begins.

In his annual State of the County address Wednesday, Broome County Executive Jason Garnar said residents can expect to see a lot of construction in 2024, from new housing developments to repairs to roads and bridges.

Fire departments across Broome County received nearly 1,000 gallons of a new type of firefighting foam Wednesday. The county purchased the new foam because the old kind contains PFAS, a group of harmful chemicals linked to cancer.

Broome County will distribute over $402,000 in opioid settlement funds to local programs to reduce overdoses and support people dealing with addiction.

The new map was proposed after a New York appeals court upheld a lower court's decision to reject the legislature’s previous attempt at redrawing its district lines.

Last month, a New York appeals court agreed with a lower court's ruling and rejected the previous district map, requiring the legislature to draw it again.

The appellate court backed a lower court's ruling against the redrawn district maps, which opponents argued were gerrymandered.

Broome County schools, day cares, and child care centers have installed over 1,300 new stand-alone air filters to use this school year.

Broome County was one of 40 health departments across the country to receive the funding. It was the only health department in New York state to get the grant outside of New York City.