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Veterans Day Discounts/Freebies in Capital Region
There are some deals that carry throughout the month of November and others that are good for Veterans Day only. Our veterans put their lives on the line to protect us and fight for the freedoms that we all continue to enjoy.
Trooper & Nurse Duo Save Man's Life in Backyard
On off-duty New York State Trooper and his ER nurse wife, helped save a man's life at their New York home last month. The story, shared over a thousand times on the New York State Trooper's Facebook page has become somewhat viral, and for good reason. It's just another example of how our first res…
Cape Never Comes Off For September Hometown Hero
Maureen White-Schock of Ballston Spa is not only on the front lines at Albany Medical Center dealing with the high stress, high demand job of the health care world during the pandemic, but continues her job when she gets home. While she certainly is grateful to be blessed with a wonderful husband a…
Capital Region Fire Departments Get Thousands in Funding
The coronavirus pandemic has put a strain on everyone and especially our first responders. There are a few Capital Region fire departments that will be getting some much needed financial help from federal funding.
Dramatic Video Shows Albany Police Rescue Kids From Flood
Shoutout to Albany's finest here doing the kind of work that people don't often see police officers do.
Rain from the Tuesday afternoon storm was so heavy, it caused massive flooding along Central Avenue in Albany, stranding multiple cars...
Rain from the Tuesday afternoon storm was so heavy, it caused massive flooding along Central Avenue in Albany, stranding multiple cars...
Schenectady's Bravest Battle 4 Fires in One Day
As always, we thank all of the first responders in the city of Schenectady and hope they remain safe while taking action when duty calls. Wednesday has been especially challenging as a string of fires broke out in the city of Schenectady, one of them proved fatal.
GNA Setting Up Live Broadcasts for "First Responder Friday"
We want to honor you and your fellow heroes and we need places to go. Tell us where to go and Brian and Chrissy will set up a live GNA broadcast during First Responder Fridays.
Choose Human Rating Over Uber Rating
Something ridiculously unnerving was brought to my attention by a GNA listener who called into the morning show on Friday. After spending over an hour discussing the potentially tragic news of the Albany man missing at Thacher Park since New Years Eve, I came to the conclusion that as an Uber drive…
Proud Teen Nominates Dad As September's Hometown Hero (VIDEO)
15-year-old Aiden from Guilderland wrote into WGNA asking that his father, Matthew, be our Hometown Hero for Septemeber. We were happy to call and speak with Matthew on his day off to tell him the great news, which he humbly accepted.
Proud Marine Mom Honors August Hometown Hero
Penny Bartlett from Colonie is the proud Marine Mom of 26-year-old Ian and she wrote to GNA hoping we'd honor him as August's Hometown Hero. Mom also told us that her son may be slightly uncomfortable with the 'fanfare' that comes along with it and decided to spend a few mi…