Anthony Picente

There was plenty of praise to go around when Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente delivered his 2025 State of the County address from the Shenandoah Golf Club House at the Turning Stone Casino on Tuesday.

The Democratic plan to push the special election calendar to replace Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) to June in what critics believe was an effort to delay President Trump from moving his agenda forward, is now dead on arrival in Albany.

The Oneida County STOP-DWI Program has launched a special enforcement initiative to combat impaired driving during the holiday season.

It's budget time for the Oneida County Executive and for the twelfth year in a row, there will not be an increase to the tax levy.

Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente is proposing legislation that would take aim at smoke shops, convenience stores and mostly illegal pot shops. One industry association is vehemently opposed to the new laws.

Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente released new legislation in a press conference Thursday aimed at combating illegal pot shops and nicotine paraphernalia.

Oneida County is emerging as the tourism hot-spot in the Empire State and new numbers from the governor prove it.

A bid for the demolition work will be put out by the Rome Board of Estimate and Contract sometime this week.

It's official, roughly 500 structures in Rome need to be repaired or demolished entirely after a tornado ripped through the city last month.

For those impacted by the devastating tornado that struck Rome on July 16th, there are still funds available but time is running out to apply.

Since the announcement of the Mohawk Valley Health System's intention to build a new hospital in Downtown Utica, people have been concerned about the reuse plan for the St. Elizabeth and St. Luke's campuses. That concern still exists.

The Mohawk Valley Health System and Oneida County officials are working together to try and find an adequate reuse plan for the old St. Luke's Hospital Campus in New Hartford.