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Friday, April 12, 2013  U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says there are more than 800 hazardous bridges without adequate emergency plans in New York

Sunday, February 24, 2013  Biologists from Cornell University and the state Department of Environmental Conservation are doing a large-scale survey of fisher populations across the southern tier of central and western New York.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012  New York Farm Bureau delegates have re-elected Dean Norton to a third two-year term as president of the organization.

Thursday, December 06, 2012  A new poll shows more New Yorkers support "hydrofracking" than oppose it, with support more common in downstate regions.

Monday, November 26, 2012  A Pennsylvania company is planning a natural gas pipeline that will run 75 miles, icluding across three Southern Tier counties.

Friday, November 16, 2012  Authorities have released the names of two people killed when a helicopter checking power lines crashed in upstate New York.

Thursday, November 15, 2012  Police confirm a helicopter has crashed near the Chemung River in the upstate New York city of Corning.

Thursday, November 08, 2012  State police say two people have been injured and a horse is dead after a car collided with an Amish man's buggy on a rural western New York road.

Thursday, November 08, 2012  Anti-fracking candidates were beaten soundly in the Southern Tier.

Sunday, October 28, 2012  Gov. Andrew Cuomo has directed the New York Army and Air National Guard to mobilize in response to Hurricane Sandy.

Friday, September 28, 2012  An emerald ash borer has been found in another trap in New York's Southern Tier, bringing the number of counties with confirmed findings to 13.

Friday, August 31, 2012  State police say a trooper forced to crash land his helicopter near a highway in the Southern Tier suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012  Authorities say nine people have been charged after police raided a meth lab in a rural town in New York's Southern Tier.

Thursday, August 16, 2012  Law enforcement officials have scheduled a news conference to discuss details of what they're calling a major drug trafficking investigation in the Southern Tier.

Tuesday, August 07, 2012  While a rotating thunderstorm with a wall cloud was observed by multiple people, no tornado dropped from the storm.