National Weather Service office has a Winter Storm Watch in effect from 10 a.m. Thursday, December 15 until 1 a.m. Saturday December 17 for Binghamton.
Most Southern Tier Counties being tracked in regular updates since the start of the coronavirus outbreak have reported new deaths over the past few days.
Recently, there had been a drop in new COVID cases but the number of serious illness requiring hospitalization and deaths in the Southern Tier have been up.
Broome County is to get over $1.6 million in the first round of payments under New York’s settlement with the manufacturers and distributors of opioids.
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a Winter Storm Warning in effect from 6 p.m. April 18 to noon April 19 for much of the Southern Tier.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced more than 20-million COVID-19 tests are being distributed throughout the Spring to help control the disease.