New York from the Capital Region to the tip of Long Island is in a “moderate drought,” according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Wildfires brought on by extreme dry conditions have left parts of the East Coast in a dangerous haze this weekend.

Of the 15 wildfires currently burning across New York state, the two largest are in Ulster and Orange counties, state ...

Ulster County Executive Jen Metzger has announced the brush fire in Denning has been 90% contained, with approximately 600 ...

The name "Saratoga" is derived from an Iroquois term meaning "the hill beside the river." Spanning from the banks of Lake ...

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Some pockets of air deemed unhealthy for those with respiratory problems dotted the area early Monday between Albany and northern Vermont ...

TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. — Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency Chairman Regis Obijiski has stepped down after a year in which the board fired one executive director, hired another, and saw ...

Thanks to the dry and high winds a burn ban has been declared across the state to try to stop brush fires -- or at the very ...

A forest fire raging across hundreds of acres in the Peekamoose Mountain Area was 90% contained as of nightfall Sunday and firefighters expect to make significant progress toward full containment on ...