Bath-based state police are still investigating a fatal logging accident Thursday afternoon off County Route 119.

Last winter, Ontario County signed on nearly 7,000 households to a federal program that helps people pay for home heating.

Stores are turning to reusable bags and recycling to combat the growing pile of plastic bags in landfills.

Bicyclists rode around the streets of Monroe County's west side for the fourth annual GC Bike Race.

The claims being checked out by the attorney general’s office include alleged improper dealings with public officials and anti-competitive practices.

A three-hour standoff ended without violence in Arkport Monday afternoon.

New experiences and old friends awaited a group of New York City youths Monday when they arrived in Rome for a weeklong vacation.

The 2009 Boilermaker Road Race logo doesn’t include the name of the city that has hosted the race for more than 30 years. The word “Utica” also seems to be lacking on the race’s Web site as organizers push for a broader regional identity.

Gov. David Paterson has signed into law a bill that allows wine to be consumed anywhere at the New York State Fair in Syracuse, just like beer.

The 3-Mile Boilermaker Walk, the Annual Youth Run, and the 2008 Boilermaker Health and Fitness Expo at the Masonic Care Community, Saturday, July 12, 2008 in Utica, N.Y.

Carol and Harold Bates got a bit of a surprise Wednesday morning — a bear had done a little shopping at their home.

The villages of Herkimer, Ilion and Mohawk have seen dramatic population declines from July 2000 to July 2007, according U.S. Census estimates.

A Corning, N.Y., invention has put clean, efficient diesels back on the market, and people who want to use less fuel are lining up to try them.

Clad only in a swimsuit and shorts, a barefoot and shivering Erica Coughlin and her boyfriend, Desmond Williams, trekked through the woods late Monday night, stepping on stones, sticks, thorns and anything else unseen in the darkness.

The Governor’s Office and the state Senate’s new Republican majority leader have distinct views on bringing a state data center to the Mohawk Valley.