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Not everything can go in the trash in New York. Several items are illegal to just toss in the garbage.

Beware! Bears will soon be the move and New Yorkers are encountering them more than ever before.

Those planning on visiting New York's most popular hiking spots are being warned about the increased danger of avalanches.

This person drove over an embankment and through the woods, coming to a stop just feet from another roadway.

It’s not every day you get called to save a moose stuck in icy water, but that’s exactly what happened on a lake in Upstate New York.

Watch this video of New York State officials sink this boat in the Atlantic Ocean.

Good news for hunters in New York. There’s an extra opportunity to hit the field this December. Two latest season pheasant stockings have been added.

It may not look like winter in Central New York but it's an entirely different season in the Adirondacks.

15 counties in New York State are under a drought watch and anyone living in those areas are being asked to conserve water.

A rare and fatal disease has been found in a deer in Upstate New York.