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Tentative state budget plan announced

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:27 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – This week on Empire State Weekly, the next step in the state budget process was unveiled after a month-long delay. Governor Hochul released a list of key items that have been agreed upon ahead of the finalized budget vote. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Patrick Orecki, the Director of State Studies at the Citizens Budget Commission, explained the long delay with the state budget is a concern, not just for the State's planning purposes but also for budget planning on the local level. Orecki explained that the process would continue as lawmakers review the agreed budget items as the bills "age" for three days before a final vote. He expressed concern that the Governor may skip the "aging" process by calling for a Message of Necessity to ensure a speedy vote. Also, this week, one of the items agreed on in the tentative budget outline is an increase in the State's minimum wage. According to the proposa...

Saratoga Springs Fire Fighters recommend removal of Fire Chief

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:27 GMT

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Saratoga Springs Fire Chief Joseph J. Dolan has received a no-confidence vote from the Saratoga Springs Professional Fire Fighters Association. Following the anonymous vote, the Association has recommended the removal and replacement of the Fire Chief with James Montagnino, the Commissioner of Public Safety. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! “Our members’ concerns are not focused on a single incident – and its determination to take this significant step is based on the totality of decisions and actions that we believe are compromising the safety of our community, those who serve it, and our collective confidence in Chief Dolan,” said Joseph Brimhall, President of the Saratoga Springs Professional Fire Fighters.The Fire Fighters Association cited the following events and factors that led to the vote: In 2019 Chief Dolan proposed an agreement with the Town of Greenfield for Saratoga Springs fi...

Capital Region Restaurant Rundown: April 24-28

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:27 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The restaurant industry is ever-changing with restaurants opening, closing, relocating or just doing their thing. Here’s a recap of the latest Capital Region restaurant news from this week, April 24 through 28. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! New Mexican restaurant, café opens in ValatieRobert’s Mexican Restaurant & Café officially opened on Wednesday, April 26 in Valatie. The Robert’s menu features breakfast items, salads, burritos, tacos, quesadillas, sopes, nachos, tostados and more.Mother’s Day restaurant specials in the Capital RegionMother’s Day is Sunday, May 14. If you don’t already have plans with your mom, many restaurants in the Capital Region will be open and serving specials for Mother’s Day.Best restaurants in Malta, according to YelpIf you’re looking for a place to get some great food in Saratoga County, you have quite a few options. These are the best restaurants around Malta, acc...

Teen charged with murder in deadly Collinsville shooting

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:27 GMT

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. - One teenager faces felony charges in connection with a deadly shooting earlier this week. Prosecutors have charged Isaiah Jenkins, 16, with two counts of first-degree murder, unlawful possession of a stolen firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. His bond is set at $5 million in the case, per Illinois court records. Top Story: Targeted attack claims life of St. Louis skateboarder The shooting happened around 7 p.m. Monday in a neighborhood on North Seminary Street, near the Collinsville Police Department. Police say Vaeden Hawkes, 19, died from his injuries. Following the gunfire, witnesses reported seeing four people running from the scene and were able to provide officers with descriptions. Police searched the area and quickly found three people matching those descriptions, taking them into custody.Police have still not yet disclosed a motive or whether Jenkins and Hawkes were known to each other.

Avalanche coach Jared Bednar maintains Valeri Nichushkin’s absence not disciplinary in light of police report

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:27 GMT

SEATTLE — Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said the team is still not considering Valeri Nichushkin’s absence disciplinary in light of the release of a police report revealing Nichushkin’s involvement in an incident at the Avalanche team hotel last Saturday.“I’m not going to get into it, because it’s personal,” Bednar said Friday when asked if Nichushkin violated team rules. “It’s not a professional decision. It’s a personal decision, why he’s not here.”According to a Seattle Police Department report acquired by The Post via records request Thursday, a woman found in Nichushkin’s hotel room was so intoxicated that a team doctor called for an ambulance to take her to a hospital. The incident occurred four hours before Game 3 of the Avalanche’s playoff series vs. the Kraken. Nichushkin, who was not present at morning skate earlier that day, had departed Seattle by the end of the night while the Avs won 6-4...

2 US Army helicopters collide in Alaska, killing 3 soldiers

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:27 GMT

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — Two U.S. Army helicopters collided in flight Thursday in Alaska while returning from a training mission, killing three soldiers and injuring a fourth, the Army said.Two of the soldiers died at the crash site near Healy, Alaska, and a third died on the way to a hospital in Fairbanks. A fourth soldier was being treated at a hospital for injuries, the Army said in a statement Thursday. Additional information was not immediately available Friday.The names of those killed were being withheld until relatives could be notified, the Army said. The Army said the cause of the crash was under investigation and that more details would be released when they become available. A team from Fort Novosel, Alabama, will conduct the investigation, the Army said. Each AH-64 Apache helicopter was carrying two people at the time of the crash, John Pennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Army Alaska, said earlier Thursday. The helicopters were from the 1st ...

Chaparral High School in Douglas County evacuated after bomb threat

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:27 GMT

Chaparral High School has been evacuated Friday after a bomb threat.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Police clear Erie King Soopers bomb threat Breaking News: The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is currently searching Chaparral High School after receiving a bomb threat. Students have been evacuated and are gathered in the parking lots. Early dismissal at 1:15pm. Stay tuned for more updates on this developing situation. pic.twitter.com/lWzPTsui4q— DC Sheriff (@dcsheriff) April 28, 2023The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is currently searching the school and students are gathered in campus parking lots, according to a 12:41 p.m. DCSO tweet.School will be dismissed early at 1:15 p.m., the sheriff’s office said.This story will be updated. Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day.

Denverites in need lose their housing as emergency Aloft hotel shelter closes

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:27 GMT

Unhoused Denver residents who have health problems face increasingly difficult days following the shutdown this week of one of the two hotels converted for government-backed temporary emergency protective housing during the COVID-19 pandemic.The 140-room Aloft hotel downtown has closed its doors, clerks confirmed Friday, saying this six-story building near the Convention Center now is undergoing “renovations” and won’t be re-opened until July — as a commercial hotel. Since January, city caseworkers have been tasked with helping about 124 people who were staying in Aloft find other shelters.Denver City Council members approved $13.3 million last year to fund extended use of the Aloft building for a six-month period that ended on Thursday. The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 raised concerns about health risks in group shelters and city officials set up the emergency protective shelters — using federal pandemic relief funds — for residents with respiratory...

Despicable attack against Omar Harfouch, we give solidarity and support

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:27 GMT

Rome, April 28th, 2023 - "Our friend Omar Harfouch, esteemed member of the Scientificcommittee of our Institute, leader of the Lebanese Third Republic party, man, liberal and moderate, and our guest a little over a month ago for a conference on the future of Lebanon at the Chamber of Deputies, announced today that he risks being arrested if he returned to Lebanon - said Alessandro Bertoldi, executive director of the Milton Friedman Institute.The political authorities in power in Lebanon are said to have issued an arrest warrant against him, without any charges being brought by the judicial authorities, but justifying this arbitrary act with the words "Collaboration with the enemy!!!", and this because Harfouch held a conference in the European Parliament in which - according to them - "Israelis" were presentOmar Harfouch's international campaign for peace, secularism, democracy, freedom and civilrights in Lebanon, as well as his fight against corruption, the sectarian political sys...

Two students hospitalized after fight breaks out at Valencia High School 

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:27 GMT

A fight at Valencia High School sent two students to the hospital and brought a large police presence to the campus on Friday morning. Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department at the Santa Clarita Station responded to the school around 10:30 a.m. for a call regarding a fight between students. According to a statement from the William S. Hart Union High School District, two students were injured during the altercation. Parents upset over fights breaking out at Riverside schools "It is with sadness that we inform our community of a situation that occurred on the Valencia High School campus today where two students were involved in an altercation and injured," the statement said. "During the altercation one student was stabbed. Both students were transported to receive medical care and law enforcement is involved."The district also confirmed that the school was put on lockdown while first responders were on site. The lockdown has since been lifted, as there is ...