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Police say a man from the upper Hudson Valley crashed his truck into law enforcement vehicles the night of February 12.

The Tribal Council of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians is sounding an alarm about unaffiliated groups — including one based in the Berkshires — that may be seeking to

The Select Board has approved a plan to form a Stockbridge Mohican Commission, including three locals and three tribal members, to foster closer collaboration with descendants of the town’s original

Abortion Rights will be on the ballot here in New York this November, according to Governor Kathy Hochul.On Wednesday, more than 500 people gathered in Albany

All nine suspects in the string of heists, which spanned 20 years, are now in federal custody

Nicholas Dombek, the final suspect in an alleged art theft ring, surrendered to authorities in Scranton, PA.

It’s the end of the year, and we wanted to take this opportunity to thank the readers of the Lake Placid News, many of whom support our work and that of other

Theres a new resource for Nebraska communities and organizations facing environmental justice issues: the Heartland Environmental Justice Center (HEJC) at Wichita State University. WSU received one of 17 Environmental Protection Agency grants to establish an Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center. The HEJCs region covers Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and nine tribal nations. ...

Xcel Energy says its latest proposal before the Public Utilities Commission will help Colorado reach its clean energy goals - by adding more wind and solar power, more energy storage, and a new biomass facility. But critics are crying foul over plans to construct three new gas-fired power plants, one near Alamosa and two near Longmont. Ean Tafoya, director with GreenLatinos Colorado, said he is urging the commission to reject the plan to protect disproportionately impacted communities. ...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved a plan extending a natural-gas pipeline in Virginia. The Virginia Reliability Plan and Transcots CEC project calls for compressor stations and a natural-gas pipeline extension in communities already harmed by these impacts such as Petersburg. The city ranked as the least healthy according to the University of Wisconsins County Health Rankings and Roadmaps. ...