Orange County News

Drivers already are, or soon will be, benefiting from nearly $350 million in improvements the state Thruway Authority has been making in the Lower Hudson Valley.

Fidelis Care has added four Orange County providers to its health plan network: Hudson Valley Imaging of New Windsor; Mohammad Mahbub Islam of Newburgh; Mid Hudson Urological Associates of Newburgh; and Albert H. Zucker of Monroe.

Orange County Executive Edward A. Diana and the Orange County Legislature announced the awarding of $45,000 in grants to county municipalities and organizations for events and projects celebrating the 2009 Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial.

NEWBURGH - Two Newburgh women have died from swine flu, the Orange County Department of Health announced Wednesday.

The president of Metro-North Railroad updated Orange County residents Wednesday on its service initiatives in the area and heard from the group about some of their concerns.

A trio of Orange County villages are among the fastest-growing small localities in the state.

City police spent a week targeting quality-of-life crime in Operation Safe Neighborhoods.

The Dutchess County Sheriff's Office is investigating a two-car crash in the Town of Pine Plains Saturday that killed one of the drivers.

Port Jervis - An undercover drug sting resulted in the arrest of two drug dealers Thursday, according to police.

The National Weather Service in has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northern Orange County until 400 pm.

Scores of families will have to scramble to pay for child care next week because of a substantial cut in funding from the United Way and a sudden change in how the organization subsidizes day care.

As he was climbing a muddy hill on a training mission to save fellow soldiers, the slick ground gave way.

The estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton has been indicted on several charges in the death of a 1-year-old girl she was baby sitting in central Florida.

As they wait for federal and state officials to follow through on promises to protect the Black Dirt from flooding, local environmental stewards are taking matters in their own hands.

Jun 23, 2009 5:41 pm US/Eastern 1 of 1 Best friends and cousins Melissa Martucci and Marina Petersen were killed in a car accident in Orange County On June 20, 2009.

Orange and Sullivan counties will be getting a share of $1.7 million in state funding to hire more child protective services caseworkers, the state Office of Children and Family Services announced Friday.

An Orange County grand jury on Monday indicted a Dutchess County man who's accused of stabbing his wife and daughter last week, fleeing to New Windsor and crashing his car, then menacing a cop with an ice pick.

Orange County officials are finalizing plans for how they will spend $3.5 million in stimulus funds the federal government has promised for energy-saving improvements.

HAMPTONBURGH -Two Washingtonville wo-men, both 20, died early Saturday morning in a two-car automobile accident on Route 208.

HAMPTONBURGH - Two local women, in their 20s, died early this morning in a two-car automobile accident on Route 208.