Chenango County

For such a fun, cute, and carefree name, snowstorm "Izzy" sure did leave behind more snow than we bargained for in Oneonta! It's interesting how this storm rolled out in our area because the National Weather Service in Binghamton wouldn't lay claim to any snowstorm total until Sunday.

Considering that NWS is not predicting an amount of snow at this time, it's best to prepare and plan ahead for heavy snowfall and the possibility of ice.

Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego County are forgoing contact tracing and instead concentrating on helping people get vaccinated and tested for COVID as needed. Otsego DOH has also stopped reporting active case numbers since they feel that they can no longer accurately report.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central New York just granted a 5-year-old girl from Oxford, NY with cancer, her most desired wish and then some.

Chenango County’s Health Department has scheduled a Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson booster clinic Friday that may be more convenient for people going to work.

The American Red Cross is saying that the blood supplies are so low that it's "Critical" and donors are needed NOW.

Schools in New York State get to now decide to 'test to stay' related to a negative test for COVID-19. Find out what that means for schools in Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego Counties.

Have you heard about the movement, #BettyWhiteChallenge, to honor her legacy of being an avid supporter of animal-related causes throughout her life? The idea is to donate $5 to a local rescue or animal shelter on what would have been the actress' 100th birthday, January 17. We have a list of great local animal shelters in our Central NY region to help you with this.

The Friends Of Rogers Environmental Center, a group that holds all kinds of nature and environmental-related programs at the center is holding the 44th Annual Winter Living Celebration on January 22 at Rogers Environmental Center in Sherburne at 2721 State Highway 80, just outside of Sherburne, NY.

Do you feel like you're in the "Groundhog Day" movie, and just like the main character, waking up on any given day this week, experiencing this same time last year all over again when it comes to COVID-19?