A person was killed in a house fire early Tuesday morning in the town of Esopus, local firefighters said.

The kayaker had capsized just above the Cantine Dam in the village of Saugerties.

A huge barrier spanning New York Bay is among the proposals by the Army Corps of Engineers to protect the metropolitan area against storm surge. According to the environmental group Riverkeeper, it would pose dangers for wildlife throughout the Hudson River. An informational meeting will be held in Poughkeepsie Wednesday, July 11.

A New Paltz woman who was driving on Rt. 299 yesterday evening died after her vehicle was struck head-on by a vehicle from the opposite direction that was fleeing police pursuit. 

Yesterday afternoon the New York State Police assisted a Bard College student during a crisis situation in the village of Tivoli. 

Detectives from the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the drowning death of a 17-year-old male in High Falls.

New York National Guard troops, in conjunction with the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, will be presenting a free disaster preparedness class at VFWPost 8645 in New Paltz on Wednesday, June 6.

A local Wounded Warriors group not affiliated with the national project held a fundraiser offering ticketholders a chance to win a new car. The only problem? They never held the raffle.

The driver and a passenger were killed last night when their car struck a tree off Oliverea Rd. in Shandaken. Both were off-duty NYPD cops, one of whom had been married earlier that day.

In a Gothamist article earlier today by writer Andres O’Hara, Brooklyn veterinarian Dr. Natara Loose said the virus can be deadly for up to 10 percent of dogs infected. O’Hara later tweeted that a person with two sick dogs is now in Kingston.