As the Jennings Creek Wildfire continues to burn downstate, local firefighters are signing up to head to Orange County to help.

A firefighter from the Albany Pine Bush fire station is sharing his experience fighting the large wildfire near the New York-New Jersey border. Tyler Briggs said he worked closely with DEC forest ...

New York City officials on Monday announced the first drought warning in over two decades, as the city struggles with a “historic” lack of precipitation that’s leaving reservoirs below their typical ...

The 51-year-old suspect was in police custody after being found with blood on his clothes and the two kitchen knives he was ...

ALBANY — Democrats kept their majority in the New York State Legislature but fell one Senate seat short of retaining a supermajority, losing the ability to easily override a veto from Gov. Kathy ...

Two more wildfires are burning through wooded areas in New Jersey, officials said on Monday. The first blaze is burning in a forest near Pine Park and the Lakewood Country Club in Lakewood, the New ...

Firefighters in New York said a successful voluntary evacuation that remains in place Sunday helped them protect about 165 homes overnight from a wildfire.

A drought in the northeast United States, combined with high winds, is creating record-breaking numbers of wildfires with dangerous smoke conditions in the New York metropolitan area and beyond.

New York City on Monday issued its first drought warning in 22 years after months of little rain — and will restart the flow ...

"One of the highest priority things we do is issue warnings alerting the public and public safety officials about hazardous ...

A Drought Warning was issued for New York City on Monday, but the Northeast has some hope for relief from a fall full of dry ...