New York has 67 state-owned swimming beaches and all are tested regularly to determine the public's risk of coming in contact with waterborne diseases. The beaches are tested at least once a week for ...

Harmful algae blooms were seen in the bathing areas of three beaches on several occasions this week, Westchester County ...

Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler, arriving at 10 p.m. on July 18 to take command at Lake George in the Adirondacks, found a single sentry on duty. On seeing the general, the soldier quickly tried to awaken ...

An injured woman was rescued from Lake George Sunday, kept afloat by bystanders who jumped in to help, Warren County ...

The Warren County Sheriff's Office reported an incident that occurred around 4:55 PM near the Calves Pen area, where an ...

QUEENSBURY — The Warren County Sheriff's Office has identified the person who drowned in Lake George on July 4 as Jaedyn ...

A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER A WOMAN DROWNED IN LAKE GEORGE -- ON THE FOURTH OF JULY. THE WARREN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ...

A woman drowned, two others were ejected from the boat, and the driver has been charged with boating while intoxicated in a ...

A 21-year-old woman has drowned in Lake George, and the operator of the boat she had been on is facing charges.At approximately 5:21 pm Friday, the Warren Count ...

A group of people began swimming with their boat unanchored. As people got back on the boat, the last woman still swimming slipped below the surface of the water. The man driving the boat backed up ...

Two other upstate waterways, one in Western New York and one in the Adirondacks, also made the list of the nation's best ...

National Park Service (NPS) officials issued a water advisory for Lake Powell just before the July 4 holiday weekend after toxins produced by certain algae were detected.