Forty years after he began his academic career at Hudson Valley Community College, Omar Yaghi returned to the campus to be honored as a 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry.

Having a criminal record can make it hard to find a job. But, some Capital Region organizations and employers are hoping to change that.

A former Cohoes High School teacher was arraigned on eight counts of rape and one count of endangering the welfare of a child Thursday.

Troy’s mayor Carmella Mantello has declared a public safety emergency in an effort to keep automated license plate reader cameras in the city.

Voters in the Wynantskill Union Free School District have approved a plan to merge with the Enlarged City School District of Troy.

WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Sam Mellins, Senior Reporter at New York Focus, about the pension battle heating up in Albany.

More than 50 kids who rely on afterschool programming at one Clifton Park community center will have to go elsewhere for the time being after a car drove through it Sunday. But there's been an outpouring of local support to get the center reopened.

WAMC's David Guistina in conversation with Mike Goodwin, News Editor at The Times Union, about the latest on a cancer-causing chemical found in Saratoga Springs drinking water.

According to the city police, officers found a 15-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to his lower leg at around 2 a.m. in a residence on Lark near Orange Street. After further investigation, police determined the wound was “accidentally self-inflicted.”

A building on New York state’s Harriman Campus in Albany was evacuated Monday morning after an emailed bomb threat, according to New York State Police. Troopers say Building 4 has since been reopened after a sweep determined there were no “incendiary devices.”