Upstate new York news

Experts say that earthquakes below magnitude 3 or so are rarely felt, however, some of the smaller quakes starting at magnitude 2.0 can be felt by people if the quake is considered "shallow". Did you feel the earthquake on Wednesday morning...

Late last week, we told you about the massive, mega-load headed through Upstate NY and destined for the Hudson River, where it will reach its final destination, a Naval Base in Connecticut. When we started tracking this bad boy last week, it was camped out overnight in the Town of Phelps, NY, located about 3 hours west of Albany and 45 mins west of Syracuse...

A woman who lives in the Adirondack region of Upstate NY says she set up a trail cam in her front yard to catch a deer that'd been eating her flowers, but what she ended up seeing on camera shocked her - and many others who have seen big bears before, but nothing quite like this...

A Ginormous 200,000 LB 'Mega Load' is Headed to Albany! What Is It? I'm not sure exactly when this massive 200,000 lb wide load will be touching down in Albany, but slowly and steadily, that's where she's headed and if you think Capital Region traffic can be a grind now, wait till this bad boy makes its way through town...

TV Storm Chaser Hunts Down Tornado in Upstate NY! Watch the video below... Reed Timmer, an American meteorologist known for his work on the Discovery Channel reality television series Storm Chasers, started his hours-long journey through New York on Monday in Albany...

Does your fear of rattlesnakes - or any snake-  prevent you from going into the woods?  If you said yes, you're not alone! There are people who will not hike because they're afraid of being attacked by a rattlesnake - and I totally get it.  Snakes ...

Scammers will stop at nothing to get your money, even if it means unlawfully posing as local law enforcement and threatening jail time if you don't comply! It might sound far-fetched to some, but police say it's happening - and they tell us to look out for the elderly who are primo targets...

The Uncle Sam's Parking Garage in Troy - deemed unsafe for years - will be smashed to bits over the next few months and the demolition will get underway today in the "Collar City". While crews get to work on the nearly 50-year-old structure, the City of Troy announced that many roads and areas will have parking restrictions, while some areas may be closed altogether for many months... Re

An Axe Thrower from Albany is the Favorite to Win the 2022 World Championship in Minnesota Later this Month! Axe-throwing venues became a big thing in Upstate New York over the last few years, especially during the pandemic when we seemingly faced a shortage of fun things to do...

High Pines, a local band from Upstate New York was performing their regular set of funk, jazz, and rock-infused hits when they were surprised by a celebrity who stopped into Maloney’s Pub in Hammondsport, NY over the weekend. But this A-list celeb wasn't interested in just having a few drinks while kicking back to watch the show, he wanted to get involved- and he did. So,...

One person was stabbed, one man was shot and killed, and a community in Upstate NY is in shock, disbelief, and feeling heartbroken following a harrowing incident at an Upstate New York Stewart's location. On Wednesday morning, police in Saranac Lake, New York say they responded to a call about a stabbing incident, and upon arriving at the Stewart's located at Bloomingdale Ave and Depot St... Read

There's an upcoming casting call 90 mins south of Albany for a major NBC series that stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Adrien Brody, and more, and here's what we know about it! Developers are working on a new project set to debut on NBC Peacock sometime in 2022, and they've announced a casting call later this month just outside of Albany. The act...