An agricultural worker killed seven people in back-to-back shooting sprees at two mushroom farms that had employed him in Northern California …
For most American students, school lunch consists of bland, mass-produced, reheated meals that most would rather skip. But a small but growing…
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cayuga County has announced several Winter Shop Meetings in the coming months. The meetings are hosted by loc…
An eye-popping new report from a leading geologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst argues that soil erosion in the Midwest is happening at a far faster clip than previously estimated.
Cayuga Nation citizens have officially reclaimed a cherished property from Cayuga County, and they look forward to the potential it now offers.
A public comment period, part of the state Department of Labor's rulemaking process to lower the farmworker overtime threshold, ends Sunday.
Before dusting off your decorations and hanging you ornaments, the age-old question must be asked: Whether to use a fake or real Christmas tree this holiday season. While a plastic tree may be more convenient, Greg Hann, owner of Hann’s Christmas Tree Farm in Oregon, Wis., helps shed some light on the benefits that a real Christmas tree can bring to not only your home, but the local ecosystem as well.
Before dusting off your decorations and hanging you ornaments, the age-old question must be asked: Whether to use a fake or real Christmas tre…
A month after a state board approved plans for a large-scale solar farm in the town of Conquest, a group of local residents has formally asked…
A Weedsport native has been elected president of the board of directors of the National Rural Water Association.
A chain saw whines and fat white flakes fly as workers at a Pennsylvania tree farm fell a large Concolor fir -- a stately specimen picked to b…
Last month, David Clifford won an award for doing something that got him arrested 20 years ago.
Halloween pumpkins don't have to end up in the landfill. Before throwing them in the trash, consider these ways to make them even more useful.
SENNETT — Brandon and Stephanie Williams had a shared vision to develop a truffle farm. They did not expect it would be used against them in a…
A debate at Cayuga Community College on Thursday showed that Republican Assemblyman John Lemondes and Democratic challenger Bruce MacBain are …
A state board has approved a Florida-based energy company's application to build a 200-megawatt solar generation facility in northern Cayuga County.
Auburn florist Carmen Cosentino's weekly column focuses on Flowers, Plants and Things.
After a multi-year review process, a state board is poised to deliver its verdict on an energy company's proposal to build a 1,900-acre solar …
ALBANY — A cadre of upstate Democratic lawmakers has broken ranks with the Hochul administration on a controversial decision to force New York…
America’s farmers and ranchers will soon have the opportunity to be represented in the nation’s only comprehensive and impartial agriculture d…
A national record for the heaviest pumpkin was set Saturday at the Great Pumpkin Farm.
Please vote to support New York's Proposition 1 in this year’s election ending on Tuesday, Nov. 8. This proposition creates a bond act to help…
A renewable energy project in Cayuga County was celebrated Friday with a ribbon-cutting for the commissioning of a natural gas facility at Spr…