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

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 ...

Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Local fire departments have responded to the wildfires in Ulster County that brought smoke to the Capital Region.

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

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 ...

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KINGSTON, N.Y. — Average gasoline prices in Ulster ... Greene County rising just 0.1 cents to $3.13.1, which is 2.9 cents ...

In an unusually dry season for the Northeast, fires were pushing potentially dangerous smoke into New York City.

Fires on the east coast led to air quality warnings in the neighbouring states of New York and New Jersey. One blaze - the ...