Josh McMullen

2 days ago | cnyhomepage.com | Josh McMullen

UTICA, NY (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) — The Eyewitness News team was at Anita’s Stevens-Swan Humane Society on Friday to participate in Nexstar’s Founders’ Day festivities. The day of volunteerism — on Friday, June 20 — celebrates the founding of Nexstar Media in 1996. Inspired by the service delivered to our local communities every day, each Nexstar work location — including Eyewitness News Utica — led volunteer service efforts on that day.

3 days ago | cnyhomepage.com | Josh McMullen

UTICA, NY (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) — With temperatures to hit record highs in the City of Utica next week, the Utica City School District has made changes to their schedule for the final week of classes. According to an announcement dated Friday, June 20, the district has decided to shorten the rest of the school year for kindergarten through eighth grade, citing the inability to accommodate air-conditioned spaces for all students.

3 days ago | cnyhomepage.com | Josh McMullen

ALBANY, NY (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) — Ahead of extreme heat coming to New York State at the beginning of next week, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the launch of a cooling program for those who need it most. The governor announced on Thursday, June 19, the Essential Plan Cooling Program, which is a coordinated strategy to reduce heat vulnerability across the state.

3 days ago | cnyhomepage.com | Josh McMullen

HERKIMER, NY (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) — New York State Police have released the name of the man killed in an accident with a tree on Wednesday in Herkimer. Police were called to the accident on West German Street in the village of Herkimer at approximately 3:30 pm. Further investigation found that a vehicle — driven by 43-year-old James Kowalczik of Herkimer was driving east when his vehicle exited the north shoulder of the roadway. The vehicle then struck a tree before coming to rest.

3 days ago | cnyhomepage.com | Josh McMullen

UTICA, NY (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) — Semikron Danfoss announced on Wednesday that production at its Utica facility will be ramping down as soon as possible. The decision, put out in a release dated Wednesday, June 18, was in response in declines in customer demand and shifts in governmental policy. The company has said that the Utica facility will close at the end of the year. “This was an incredibly difficult decision,” Dominic Dorfner, President at Semikron Danfoss, said in a statement.