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Capital Region alt radio station goes country

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

ALTAMONT, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The new local "Big Country" station signed onto 104.9 at 5 pm on September 18. The first song broadcast on WINU after the genre shift was "The Thunder Rolls" by Garth Brooks, followed by other classic country artists like Alan Jackson, Willie Nelson, and Trisha Yearwood. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Pamal Broadcasting's Albany and Adirondack clusters began to simulcast its classic country station from the North Country to the Capital Region market. Known as "Big Country" on 97.9, it's been on the air since summer 2020.The radio channel boasts exclusive interviews, live performances, and behind-the-scenes stories. On-air talents include local personalities familiar with this form of country music, including Sean McMaster, Jake Thomas, and Kevin Richards. Richards and McMaster can also be heard on Pamal's sister station The Cat, playing country music on 100.9 and 107.1. Howard Stern says being calle...

SUNY Adirondack hosting open house in October

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

QUEENSBURY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - SUNY Adirondack is hosting a college open house this October. It's a chance for parents and future students to learn about what to expect if they take a local route to higher education. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The open house runs from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 7. College president Kristine Duffy will welcome guests at 9:30 a.m., opening up a schedule featuring workshops and meet-and-greets with professors.“This Open House is a great way to find out about the college that is just down the road from home,” said Enrollment and Student Affairs Vice President John Delate, Ph.D. “We have a lot to discover and might really surprise people who think they know what we are. We have a beautiful campus with cutting-edge technology, labs, studios, an incredible Athletics facility, some of the nicest res hall rooms I’ve ever seen, and faculty and staff who really care about each student.”Starting...

Tang Teaching Museum announces free public tours

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College has released a schedule of free public tours offered this autumn. All tours are open to the public and do not require registration. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The Curator's Tours are led by exhibition organizers, including members of Tang's curatorial staff and faculty co-curators. Tang Guide Tours are given by members of the Tang's visitors' services staff, including Skidmore College students.CURATOR’S TOURSThursday, September 21, Noon: Curators’ Tour of Unset Texts with Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara and Associate Professor of English Paul BenzonThursday, October 5, Noon: Curator’s Tour of Paula Wilson: Toward the Sky’s Back Door with Associate Curator Rebecca McNamaraFriday, October 20, 2:30 p.m.: Celebration Weekend Tour of Paula Wilson: Toward the Sky's Back Door with Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara, as...

Troy road work schedule for week of September 18

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The City of Troy Department of Engineering has released a road work schedule for the week of September 18. All road work is weather-contingent and subject to change. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Motorists should expect temporary road closures for daytime work. Work usually begins at 6 a.m. unless noted otherwise. "Maintaining our roadways is maintaining essential emergency and economic infrastructure and improves the quality of life experienced by community members of all abilities," said Troy Mayor Wm. Patrick Madden. "As always, my thanks go to the workers of our Department of Public Works, who put themselves in harm's way and make themselves available to respond to emergencies at all hours to ensure our community can dependably rely on safe infrastructure."Friday, September 225th Ave between Hoosick St. -- Rensselaer St.Vanderheyden St. between 6th Ave -- 5th AveRensselaer S...

New report names St. Louis the second-best US city to retire

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Choosing where to retire can be an overwhelming decision, but new research touts St. Louis as an intriguing destination for locals and prospective movers. A research team for ConsumerAffairs, which specializes in consumer and financial-planning news, recently released a report naming the "Best and worst cities for retirement in 2023." St. Louis finished second in the report, only trailing Lincoln, Nebraska. New York company moving headquarters to St. Louis Cities were primarily ranked based on financial and quality-of-life factors, including, but not limited to: Cost of rentFoodUtilitiesTransportationWeather trendsWalkabilityAccess to health carePopulation of 65-plusSt. Louis was particularly praised for its cost-of-living situation and overall well-being of elderly residents. ConsumerAffairs also adds: "St. Louis offers great access to healthier foods and city walkability, and a high percentage of seniors have taken advantage of clinical preventive services. St. Lou...

Warning: Traveling scam artists pan-handling in Springfield

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A traveling group of scam artists visited Springfield this weekend, standing on the side of the road with children and asking for money. The Springfield Police Department posted to Facebook, reminding people to not give money without knowing the cause."They were just in town to take advantage of the kindness of Springfield," said Cris Swaters with SPD.Officers responded to six different intersections around Springfield where this group was seen."People who are legitimately seeking help, we don't typically see people with kids out in the median putting those kids at risk," Swaters said. "Those who are legitimately seeking help use the resources that are available in the community." New York company moving headquarters to St. Louis "We definitely have families in the city that are unsheltered with their children," said Connecting Grounds Pastor Christie Love. "But in all of the work that we've done and all the outreach work that we do on the street, I don't see p...

Missouri charity uses 3D printers to create homes for the homeless

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A local non-profit that provides homes for the unsheltered now has a brand new piece of technology that will completely change the way they build homes moving forward. In a story we first brought to you back in July, Eden Village has been gifted two 3-D printers which will allow them to build homes in less than a day. Officials with Eden Village tell KOLR 10 they actually had to go pick up the 3-D concrete printers in Utah and spent more than 5 weeks training and learning how to properly build a home using cutting-edge technology. "It’ll go in any pattern you tell it to go in and when it gets back to where it starts, it raises up a quarter of an inch or half an inch, whatever you need to get it up on the second layer, and just keeps doing that until it builds the whole house. when you get up 8 to 9 feet tall, it not only builds the outside walls, it's building the inside walls as well,” said Guillory. Brett Guillory with Eden Village says since...

ILB Alex Singleton not pushing panic button over Broncos’ slow start on defense: “We’re just still coming together”

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

Washington’s first possession of the second half Sunday lasted just five plays, but it showed a bit of several different problems the Broncos defense has encountered early on this season.When quarterback Sam Howell had nowhere to go with the ball on third-and-10, Randy Gregory flashed up the middle but couldn’t get home. Howell escaped, caught Jonathon Cooper committing too far to the middle and bent toward the sideline. Then one of Denver’s surest tacklers, Alex Singleton, took a rare bad angle and could only dive at Howell’s feet as he scampered for 11 and a first down.To compound matters, Fabian Moreau got called for holding in the secondary — one of 12 penalties on the Broncos defense already through two games — tacking on five more yards.Then Brian Robinson powered up the middle for 11 yards. From the left hash, Washington’s offensive line washed both of Denver’s down defensive linemen plus Gregory past the right hash mark by the time Robinson scampered by and dragged Jos...

Live Updates: World leaders convene for Day 1 of the UN General Assembly high-level meeting

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Welcome to the United Nations. Over the course of the next week, leaders from scores of countries will take the marbled dais that, despite being geographically located in midtown Manhattan, belongs to the world. It’s part of the U.N. General Assembly’s General Debate, in which a parade of speakers will cycle through the iconic hall from Tuesday, Sept. 19, through Tuesday, Sept. 26.At the United Nations and on the sidelines, pressing topics will reflect the myriad global crises at hand: climate change, rampant inequality, Russia’s war in Ukraine, public health and geopolitical instability, among others. Presidents, prime ministers, monarchs and other high-ranking representatives are convening under the 78th session’s theme of “Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: Accelerating action on the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals towards peace, prosperity, progress and sustainability for all.”Check...

Sacramento sued over homeless encampments

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

A Sacramento prosecutor is suing California’s capital city over failure to clean up homeless encampments.Sacramento District Attorney Thien Ho says his office asked the city to enforce laws around sidewalk obstruction and to create additional professionally operated camping sites.He announced the suit Tuesday during a news conference in Sacramento. Los Angeles homelessness up 9% in the county, 10% in the city, count finds Ho said the city is seeing a “collapse into chaos” and an “erosion of every day life.”Sacramento County had nearly 9,300 homeless people in 2022, based on data from the annual Point in Time count. That was up 67% from 2019. Roughly three-quarters of the county’s homeless population is unsheltered.Homeless tent encampments have grown visibly in cities across the U.S. but especially in California, which is home to nearly one-third of unhoused people in the country.The prosecutor had threatened in August to file charges against city officials if they didn’t implemen...