Because of dry, windy conditions and relatively low humidity, Gov. Kathy Hochul on March 9 issued an immediate residential ...

New York's Department of Environmental Conservation announced Friday that a burn ban will go into effect Sunday, March 16th ...

The ban means burning any combustible materials outdoors is not permitted. That includes burn piles, burn barrels and all campfires unless they are in developed campground areas. The public should ...

Breezy, dry conditions have increased levels of fire risk across the region. Those ripe conditions, occasionally paired with carelessness, have led to some close calls with brush fires, enough that ...