Gov. Kathy Hochul has called state legislators back to Albany.

BATAVIA — With a primary for governor just days away and early voting continuing through Sunday in Genesee County, Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin met with local leaders Friday outside the Old Courthouse to rally support for his primary bid.

The Supreme Court’s striking down of its nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision drew mixed reactions in the Finger Lakes region Friday among organization leaders.

Westchester County businessman Harry Wilson ran on a platform that New York was broken and he was the man to fix it when he sought the comptroller’s office in 2010. Wilson did not win that race, but came the closest any Republican had to winning a statewide office in years.

Home sellers are increasingly cutting their asking prices as buyers, constrained by higher mortgage rates and overall inflation, have become less willing to jump into the housing market at any cost.

ALBANY — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced license exams for falconry, wildlife rehabilitation and leashed tracking dogs.

ATLANTA — The impact was immediate: the moment the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, Robin Marty, the operations director of the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, told nurses, desk staff and a doctor on Friday they could no longer provide abortions.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s gun ruling is spurring public officials in New York and other liberal states to explore new options to restrict permits and clamp down on where people can carry concealed firearms.

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RETSOF – The 67th Annual York-Leicester Field Day is set to commence at 7 p.m. July 1 on the grounds at York Central School, 2578 Genesee St.

ALBANY — The Supreme Court’s decision overturning a century-old concealed carry law is being both celebrated and decried by lawmakers.

Weather aided this year’s maple season

AVON – While Liz Patteson will have the summer off like the rest of her colleagues at Avon Central Schools, that doesn’t mean the high school art teacher will be kicking back and taking it easy for the next 10 weeks.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 6-3 for gun rights advocates and struck down as too strict laws in New York, California and six other states that deny permits to carry a concealed weapon if gun owners cannot show they have a special need to be armed in public.

BATAVIA — A total of $3 million in funding has been announced for a Genesee Community College program serving Genesee and Wyoming counties.

Rep. Claudia L. Tenney may be a new face to many voters in the district she’s now seeking election in, but she’s confident they’ll take to her after they hear her conservative message and learn about her background in business, agriculture and Congress.

WARSAW — As resources go, “History of Wyoming County, N.Y.” has long been valued by historians and genealogists.

MOUNT MORRIS — Livingston County officials gathered Tuesday at the Livingston County Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, 11 Murray Hill Drive, to host a staff appreciation picnic celebrating employees for their role in the facility’s recent four-star rating from the Centers for Medicare &…

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended its support for religious schools, ruling that parents who send their children to these institutions have a right to tuition aid if the state provides it to similar private schools.

Wyoming County has joined the other GLOW counties with a heat advisory today.

The average national price of regular gas has slipped under $5, marking the first time the closely watched number has decreased in nine weeks, according to AAA.

BATAVIA — A heat advisory has been issued for Wednesday in Genesee, Orleans and Livingston counties.

LETCHWORTH STATE PARK — A hiker was rescued Monday night after falling into the Genesee River gorge.

La Fermière, a family-owned French yogurt and desserts company, says a new $25 million production facility it has proposed for the Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park is at the center of its very ambitious goal to grow its position in the U.S. market.

Tess McKinley, executive director of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County, is stepping in to also lead CCE of Livingston County for the next six months.

Scott Ewanow, a 2006 graduate of SUNY Geneseo, has been appointed chief of the college’s University Police Department. He will begin in the position on July 7.

ALBANY — New York’s recently passed slate of firearm regulations change definitions, license requirements and safety standards for the state’s gun owners and gun dealers.

Applications will be accepted through July 1 for this year’s Grow-NY food and agriculture business competition, funded by Empire State Development through its Upstate Revitalization Initiative and administered by the Center for Regional Economic Advancement at Cornell.

(TNS) – Consumers are already paying more for gas, groceries and everyday items, but they should expect to fork over more in other parts of their lives after Wednesday’s interest rate increase.

(TNS) – Renewable energy sources came through in a big way this week for Texas, when temperatures and electricity demand reached record levels.

Matthew Cole, the long-time superintendent of Livonia Central School, is planning to resign in July.

(TNS) – Hot temperatures are scorching much of the United States, breaking records ahead of the official start of summer.

WARSAW — A Rochester man involved in a multi-state string of thefts from Walmart stores pleaded guilty a felony and a drugged-driving charge Thursday in Wyoming County Court.

WELLSVILLE — Area scrap dealers are asked to be on the lookout after 13 bronze memorial plaques were stolen from veterans’ tombstones in the village.

GENESEO – As a member of the LGBTQ+ community Lauren Wadsworth is taking time this June during Gay Pride Month, to not only celebrate being a queer woman but to celebrate being her true self.

Students from the metal trades program at the Genesee Valley BOCES Mount Morris Career and Technical Education Center have created two large sculptures made with historic iron from the 1875 bridge that ran over the Genesee River in Letchworth State Park.

Early voting begins Saturday across the GLOW region for voters registered in the Democratic or Republican primaries.

UPDATE, 4:45 p.m.: A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect until 5:15 p.m. for southeastern Livingston, southeastern Monroe, Ontario and western Wayne counties.

The region could see its first 90-degree day of the year today as a warm and humid airmass remains across western New York. With heat index values approaching 100 degrees the National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory until 6 tonight that includes the GLOW region.

WARSAW — In a 933 to 666 vote, the Wyoming County Board of Supervisors agreed to pay a Wyoming County Community Health System bill which was over $186,000.