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As we get deeper into fall, the risk of RSV is only rising in children and their families. This highly contagious and common virus has been detected in as many as 80,000 children under the age of five and will infect nearly all children under the age of two. Fortunately, vaccines have been shown to significantly lower the risk of RSV hospitalizations and are the best way to help protect little one...

New York Focus reported about the half-billion dollar bond Sullivan County is issuing to reinvigorate the Resorts World Catskills Casino in Monticello. The county is promising investors major gains, but reports found by New York Focus and consultants on the deal say the numbers show decline. Radio Catskill’s Genevieve Hartnett, who also reported on the deal last month, spoke with New York Focus Re...

As part of Radio Catskill’s Hispanic Heritage Month series, we welcomed back a familiar voice: J. Miguel Santiago Colón , who started his journey with us as an intern and is now producing stories at iHeart Media’s The Moment with Jorge Ramos and Ante Studios. Colón spoke about his transition from Sullivan County to New York City’s media landscape, where his reporting now highlights Latino issues a...

Hispanic Heritage Month: Activist Sandra Oxford on the Latino Experience in Sullivan Catskills As part of Radio Catskill’s Hispanic Heritage Month coverage, Patricio Robayo sat down with longtime local activist Sandra Oxford to talk about the challenges facing the Latino community in the Sullivan Catskills, and the work she’s led over decades of advocacy. Oxford, a self-described citizen activist...

World Mental Health Day is coming up next month on October 10th, but we’re focusing on a group that often gets forgotten about in mental health advocacy - farmers. With the increase in tariffs on foreign goods put in place earlier this year as well as the Trump administration’s broader economic policies that are cutting grants to mental health and sustainability initiatives, farmers all across New...

Representatives from around the world gathered in Manhattan for New York Climate Week last week. Across the state, nonprofits and local governments are resisting President Trump's cuts to environmental protections. Dr. Alonzo Plough, Vice President and Chief Science Officer of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, affirmed the severity of the crisis, stating: "I don't use the term existential that o...

The Gateway Housing Project was rejected by the Sullivan County Legislature for the second time last Thursday. Advocates say the project would help alleviate the county’s homelessness crisis and have spoken about it passionately at the weekly meetings in Monticello. Sullivan County’s Health and Human Services Department has been working with the community and the legislature to secure a location f...

 Claims linking autism to vaccines or medications like Tylenol resurfaced this month after former President Donald Trump suggested acetaminophen use during pregnancy could cause autism. But experts say the science doesn’t support those claims. To help clarify the issue, Radio Catskill’s Patricio Robayo spoke with Dr. Noor Syed and Lauren Lestremau Allen of Empire State University’s Center for Auti...

Governor Hochul (D-NY) has through December to decide whether or not to sign the Anti-Harassment in Reporting Bill. If passed, anyone who makes a report of suspected child abuse will have to provide their own name and contact info. Nila Natarajan, the Associate Director of Policy and Family Defense at Brooklyn Defender Services, has been working on getting it signed into law. She says the oppositi...

New York Focus recently reported that ICE detentions in New York’s county jails have skyrocketed this year — nearly six times more than in all of 2024. Seven jails across the state are now holding people for federal immigration authorities, raising questions about money, politics, and the human impact of these agreements. Radio Catskill’s Patricio Robayo spoke to NY Focus reporter Julia Rock about...

John J. Lennon has spent nearly 25 years behind bars — but his voice has traveled far beyond prison walls. An incarcerated journalist currently serving time at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Lennon has published work in The New Yorker , Esquire , The Atlantic , and The New York Times Magazine . Twice a finalist for the National Magazine Award, his reporting has been praised for its unflinching h...

An investigation by New York Focus and The New York Times found that in New York State, police officers who drank and drove often avoided arrest and criminal charges — consequences ordinary citizens would likely face. Reporters reviewed more than 10,000 police disciplinary files and uncovered at least 17 cases where officers involved in crashes, collisions, or other alcohol-related incidents were...

A Lower East Side gallery known for championing young, queer, and emerging artists is bringing its vision to Sullivan County this weekend. Auxier Kline , based in Manhattan’s Two Bridges neighborhood, is collaborating with Hall Space by Nonetta in Eldred to present Autumn Equinox, an exhibition that explores the shift from summer to fall and the transformations that come with it. The opening recep...

On October 31, Martin Colavito and his wife Lynn will begin a 46-mile walk from their home in Liberty to the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York in Montgomery. Their goal isn’t fitness — it’s food security. The couple’s journey, known as Martin and Lynn’s Long Walk , will unfold over four days and is designed to raise both funds and awareness for the Sullivan Fresh Community Cupboard. The...

Radio Catskill is marking the start of Hispanic Heritage Month by highlighting the voices, resilience, and celebrations of our Latino community here in the Hudson Valley. We begin with LOUD — Latin Outreach, Unity, and Development , a grassroots organization co-founded by Sugely Melenciano-Weed and Alessandra Gonzalez, dedicated to connecting Hispanic and immigrant families in Ulster County with v...

24 Years Later: Remembering September 11 with the 9/11 Memorial & Museum

Today, Radio Catskills Jamie Case is joined by Sarah Kramer-Harrison, Ulster County’s new director of arts, culture and open spaces — a first for the county. They sat down to talk about the goals of the role, what’s ahead for local artists and organizations, and how public parks may soon double as cultural venues in the historic Ulster County. 

Every year, nonprofits across New York State can apply for a grant for trail repairs and environmental stewardship. It’s called the “Park and Trail Partnership Grants Program” and is run by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the Department of Environmental Conservation, and Parks & Trails New York. This year, $1.7 million was spread out across twenty-two...

Radio Catskill Speaks with NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly About Her New Podcast Sources & Methods

Following pressure, the powerful board overseeing Pennsylvania opioid settlement money allows public comment but faces continued criticism over transparency and representation.

New Yorkers are suing to reverse a Trump administration policy change that has upended the futures of tens of thousands of young immigrants.