Columbia County News

In Columbia County, New York, a recently-unveiled historical marker rectified a previous omission.

CLERMONT, COLUMBIA COUNTY - The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the cause of a small aircraft crash that took place in Columbia County Wednesday.

An aircraft has gone down near County Route 8 near Clermont in Columbia County, according to the Sheriff's Department.

A vacant, 10,000-square-foot building in East Greenbush, N.Y., has been purchased by a church for $1 million.

A 31-year-old City of Hudson man is in Albany Medical Center in stable condition after being stabbed in the parking lot of the Moose Club on Town Hall Drive in the Town of Greenport.

A vacant, 10,000-square-foot building in East Greenbush, N.Y., has been purchased by a church for $1 million.

The controversial topic of global warming is causing tension in one Columbia County village.

In yet another case of attempted abduction, a man tried to lure an 8-year-old girl into his car this morning.

Efforts are under way to reopen a beloved Berkshires summer camp that served generations of young people from Dutchess County.

ON COLLISSION IN COLUMBIA COUNTY THIS MORNING. THE CRASH HAPPENED ON ROUTE 9G IN CLERMONT.

The Columbia County Sheriff's Office says it's investigating a morning car-versus-truck collision in which a 25-year-old Massachusetts woman was killed.

Trying her hand at crushing apples to make cider, Grace Harris, 6, attended Heritage Day at Frances Slocum State Park with her grandparents Joe and Mary Shandrader.

Within the last two weeks there have been multiple attempted abductions in the Capital Region, including two in Albany, two in Schenectady plus one false report, and two in Philmont.

THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER REPORT OF AN ATTEMPTED CHILD ABDUCTION IN THE AREA. THIS TIME IN COLUMBIA COUNTY, WHERE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN PHILMONT TOLD AUTHORITIES THAT A MAN TRIED TO COAX HER INTO HIS PICK-UP TRUCK THIS MORNING.

Legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins and his band will play a benefit concert for the Clearwater organization Dec.

Police in Columbia County are warning parents and children as they investigate two possible attempted abductions.

Thruway travelers won't have to get off the highway to taste New York apples. A dozen Thruway plazas are now offering homegrown applies at convenience stores.

A Columbia County nonprofit will use $9.6 million in state grant money to build a 110-acre community for developmentally disabled adults and the volunteers who live with them.

A Columbia County man is expected to be charged in connection with a rear-end crash that sent seven people to hospitals saturday afternoon.

The local regional chapter of Planned Parenthood says 85 percent of New Yorkers support sex education for the state's youth but budget cuts continue to threaten resources for health educators.