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🎨✨ Get ready for a morning of creativity, exploration, and PBS KIDS fun at Oxford Memorial Library! Join WSKG Education ...
07/15/2025

🎨✨ Get ready for a morning of creativity, exploration, and PBS KIDS fun at Oxford Memorial Library! Join WSKG Education on Thursday, July 17th at 11:00AM for hands-on activities inspired by this year’s summer reading theme: Color Our World!

Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado traveled to Ithaca’s Southside Community Center for a meet-and-greet Sunday.Delgado ...
07/15/2025

Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado traveled to Ithaca’s Southside Community Center for a meet-and-greet Sunday.

Delgado is hoping to secure the Democratic gubernatorial nomination for 2026. That puts him in competition with Governor Kathy Hochul, his former running mate.

In February, Delgado said he would not run alongside Hochul again and later announced his own campaign in June.

Delgado told the crowd at Southside that Democrats need to be willing to change to stay relevant to voters confronted by an increasingly high cost of living.

“We’ve got to figure out that it's not just about fighting against Trump,” Delgado said.

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Story and photo by Aurora Berry/WSKG News

The Southern Tier Central Regional Planning and Development Board (STC) will host a series of meetings in the Southern T...
07/15/2025

The Southern Tier Central Regional Planning and Development Board (STC) will host a series of meetings in the Southern Tier this week on local grant opportunities from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and how to apply.

Funding for community and nonprofit projects range from $5,000 to $500,000.

All applications considered by ARC require at least 50 percent of the project’s total in matching funds.

Projects include infrastructure, local government, business development, arts and culture, tourism, health and education.

Community discussions on how to apply will begin Tuesday in Chemung County. The STC staff will be at the Big Flats Community Center at 9 a.m. on July 15.

Program staff will also be in Bath in the late afternoon on July 15. They will meet in the legislative chambers on the third floor of the Steuben County Annex Building at 4 p.m.

On July 17, staff from STC will host a third session about the ARC funding opportunities at the Schuyler County Human Services Complex.

The Appalachian Regional Commission is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It is a federal economic development partner and consists of a 13-state region from Mississippi to New York’s Southern Tier.

According to its website, ARC has provided tens of millions of dollars in grants to the Southern Tier Central region for more than forty years.

The deadline to apply for funding is Sept. 18. More details about the ARC grant program can be found on the STC website.

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Story and photo by Natalie Abruzzo/WSKG News

07/14/2025

Flash floods occurred in parts of the Southern Tier and northeastern Pennsylvania last night. Newark Valley in Tioga County was hit especially hard, with severe flooding, damaged homes and closed roads.

Crews were out Monday cleaning up damage and repairing roads.

Newark Valley Mayor James Tornatore said one street remains closed due to damage.

“Brook Street, if I could describe it, looks like a minor earthquake went through there. The tar’s risen and lowered,” Tornatore said.

The National Weather Service issued another flash flood watch for the region including Newark Valley. More rain is expected through the night.

This is a developing story. WSKG will continue to cover flood and storm cleanup. Read more at wskg.org.

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WSKG's Multicultural Event has been postponed. Please check back for updates as they become available.https://www.wskg.o...
07/14/2025

WSKG's Multicultural Event has been postponed. Please check back for updates as they become available.

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We’re stopping by Afton Library tomorrow, July 15th to watch “My Ice Pops” from PBS KIDS’ Sid the Science Kid!This chill...
07/14/2025

We’re stopping by Afton Library tomorrow, July 15th to watch “My Ice Pops” from PBS KIDS’ Sid the Science Kid!

This chilly summer episode explores science and melting in a fun, kid-friendly way — and we’ll follow it up with some hands-on fun inspired by the show.

Bring the whole family and enjoy a cool morning of learning and laughter with Sid and friends!

Afton Library - 105 Main St A, Afton, NY 13730, USA

This is a developing story. We will update it as more information is available.Heavy rainfall caused flash flooding in B...
07/14/2025

This is a developing story. We will update it as more information is available.

Heavy rainfall caused flash flooding in Broome and Tioga counties Sunday night, washing out roads and damaging buildings.

The Newark Valley area was especially hard hit. Videos posted by residents on social media show much of the village’s main street flooded.

The Newark Valley High School is open for residents in need of shelter. Owego Church of the Nazarene has also opened an emergency meeting point and temporary shelter for people displaced by the flooding.

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Story by Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo/WSKG News
Photo by Glen Aubry Fire Company Facebook

Communities throughout the Twin Tiers continued recovery efforts from storm damage in the region this week.Severe weathe...
07/14/2025

Communities throughout the Twin Tiers continued recovery efforts from storm damage in the region this week.

Severe weather downed power lines and trees at the beginning of the July fourth weekend.

One of the hardest hit areas was Susquehanna, Pennsylvania where more than a thousand homes were without power for several days.

Ruth Burke and her husband have lived in the same house in the borough for more than 40 years.

“The wind was so strong it was pushing the door,” Susquehanna resident Ruth Burke said. “It wouldn’t even let me open the door. And branches were blowing onto our front porch here. And I heard the crash of the large tree in our yard.”

Burke is referring to an enormous maple tree that crashed down next to the Burke’s house. It did not hit their house but another tree came close.

A tall pine tree on the other side of the house smashed into the Burke’s shed and garage, which is attached to their house.

Burke said the power went out immediately and then the storm was over in 15 minutes.

“The wires were ripped right off our house,” she said. “The electricity was ripped right off the house. And, many telephone poles and trees were down along every street in town. We were basically locked in because you couldn’t get up and down the street.”

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Story and photo by Celia Clarke/WSKG News

A bill to claw back funding for public media is currently awaiting a vote in the Senate. These are funds that were alrea...
07/11/2025

A bill to claw back funding for public media is currently awaiting a vote in the Senate. These are funds that were already approved by Congress, money stations like WSKG depend on to serve our communities. Rescinding this funding limits freedom of the press, and endangers rural communities who rely on public broadcasting for emergency information.

If you value independent local and national journalism, tell the US Senate to defend public media today.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on his colleagues to block a federal rescission bill that would cla...
07/11/2025

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on his colleagues to block a federal rescission bill that would claw back $1.1 billion previously allocated to public radio and television stations nationwide. During a July 9 press conference, Schumer started by outlining his personal connections to public media, citing memories of watching Robert MacNeil on the original PBS News Hour. The Democrat believes the cuts would severely hurt rural parts of New York State that rely on public broadcasters as the only source of news.

“In many parts of rural Upstate New York, public broadcasting is the only source of news. Taking away this funding could blow a massive hole in the budgets of Upstate television and radio stations,” Schumer said.

According to the NYS Association for Public Broadcasting, 13 stations in Upstate NY receive funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and would therefore lose that money if the rescission bill were to pass. Of the 13 organizations, six would see seven-figure or higher losses in funding.

Schumer highlighted various effects that the cuts would have in different parts of the state, most notably how WAMC in Albany provides coverage on statewide legislation to other New York stations. He also mentioned how stations like North Country Public Radio and Buffalo Toronto Public Media are part of the national Emergency Alert System, vital for some rural areas that lack a strong commercial media presence.

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Story by Michael Loss/ Buffalo Toronto Public Media
Photo by Mariam Zuhaib/AP

07/11/2025

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