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Three Albany County residents died from the coronavirus overnight, officials said Monday. The victims are men in their 50s, 70s and 80s, bringing the death toll for Albany County to 490 since the outbreak began.

A Cornell Law School professor has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state health department's recent directive requiring medical providers to prioritize "non-whites" and Hispanic individuals in the distribution of potentially life-saving COVID-19 treatments.

The end of an era is approaching for the Sweater Venture.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing a permanent tax credit for overtime hours on any size farm in New York. The proposal comes as a state wage board is considering lowering the overtime threshold for farmworkers. The proposal by Hochul has received mixed reviews. 

A reader asks if there are any plans to add a left-turn arrow at the intersection of the Harriman State Office campus and Western Avenue.

In a town where cannabis dispensaries and on-site smoking lounges have been banned, a proposed marijuana cultivation plant is now up for review.

Winds powerful enough to down trees, limbs and power lines are expected to follow the snowstorm that dropped several inches of snow overnight. The National Weather Service in Albany reports the gusts could cause power outages on Monday. Albany is expected to see gusts of up to 40 mph and some outlying areas could see even stronger blasts.

Family caregivers struggle to make ends meet without economic support from New York.

Former Shenendehowa star Sydney Brown of Rexford is continuing her basketball career 2,800 miles from home and with a heavy heart. She lost her mother to cancer in April. Brown, a Blair (N.J.) Academy graduate, leads the Tritons in scoring (12.5) and is second in rebounding (8.3). She also has 29 assists.

Authorities said they made a gruesome discovery at a Johnstown funeral home last week after its owner is accused of dodging family members of a deceased relative seeking an update about cremation services.

Heavy snow, wind and rain is expected Sunday night and Monday. 

Albany High graduate and professional boxer Abraham Nova bested his opponent in a nationally televised match on ESPN Saturday night. Before the match, Nova, who now has a tradmark bleached beard, made a splash in his entrance by being accompanied by a foam-headed mascot that was made to look like himself. 

Three more Albany County residents died from coronavirus overnight Saturday.

The latest victims are a woman in her 40s, a woman in her 60s and a man in his 80s, bringing the total number of deaths to 487 since the outbreak began nearly two years ago.

  The 28 year-old American violinist Alexi Kenney holds a broad and encompassing view of art. “My belief is that art is holistic,” he says. “Why should there be such a disconnect between what I do with violin and what a sculptor does with metal, clay or glass?”

SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Albany is one of the top schools in the world to attend to learn how to make computer chips and other semiconductor-based technologies.

But one of the school's most exciting new programs is designed to train students and workers across the state on next-generation "digital manufacturing" jobs in the semiconductor industry.