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State Police say an ice fisherman died after falling into the Erie Canal south of Muck Road in Rome

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has unveiled a $300 million plan to revamp the Erie Canal.

The future of the Erie Canal will be the focus of a new state task force created to study how to reinvent the historic waterway as an economic engine.

A new museum that's expected to attract a quarter-million visitors each year will be opening soon on Buffalo's waterfront.

A rare black swan seen swimming in the Erie Canal north of Buffalo has been safely captured and moved to an animal sanctuary.

Pocket neighborhoods and a festival featuring brewery-themed boats are the winning projects in a $2.5 million state competition seeking innovative ideas to boost economic activity and tourism along New York state's 524-mile canal system.

A new five-mile section of the Erie Canalway Trail is opening in the Mohawk Valley.

Historic preservation groups and maritime history buffs are urging New York state to reconsider its plans for obsolete canal vessels.

Possible heavy rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Florence has led to the New York State Canal Corporation to close a section of the Erie Canal.

Police are searching an area where three upstate New York waterways meet for a missing 14-year-old boy with autism.