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Today at 1:56 PM  Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders say they have a deal to authorize four upstate New York casinos that would drive jobs and tourism to the long economically distressed area.

Thursday, June 13, 2013  Officials are investigating a house explosion in New York's Southern Tier that injured a man who lived there.

Monday, June 03, 2013  Authorities say an 8-year-old boy remains hospitalized after he was pulled from a river in New York's Southern Tier while swimming with others.

Saturday, June 01, 2013  With all of the devastation in the Midwest, especially in Oklahoma, in the last ten days, there are many opportunities to get involved and help people pick up the pieces of their shattered lives.

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.