Otsego County

For such a fun, cute, and carefree name, snowstorm "Izzy" sure did leave behind more snow than we bargained for in Oneonta! It's interesting how this storm rolled out in our area because the National Weather Service in Binghamton wouldn't lay claim to any snowstorm total until Sunday.

Homer is a 7-year-old, very adoptable cat who is extremely lovable and handsome. Homer is searching for a forever home with a comfy couch to snuggle upon.

Considering that NWS is not predicting an amount of snow at this time, it's best to prepare and plan ahead for heavy snowfall and the possibility of ice.

Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego County are forgoing contact tracing and instead concentrating on helping people get vaccinated and tested for COVID as needed. Otsego DOH has also stopped reporting active case numbers since they feel that they can no longer accurately report.

This week we are going to feature Royalty who is a 4-year-old female dog that is very mellow and lovable!

The American Red Cross is saying that the blood supplies are so low that it's "Critical" and donors are needed NOW.

Winter is a great time to get outside and soak up all the natural beauty of the Otsego County countryside which you can discover by participating in the Otsego Outdoors Winter Octet Challenge.

Schools in New York State get to now decide to 'test to stay' related to a negative test for COVID-19. Find out what that means for schools in Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego Counties.

Have you heard about the movement, #BettyWhiteChallenge, to honor her legacy of being an avid supporter of animal-related causes throughout her life? The idea is to donate $5 to a local rescue or animal shelter on what would have been the actress' 100th birthday, January 17. We have a list of great local animal shelters in our Central NY region to help you with this.

One of the sections of Motel 88 (formerly the Oasis Motor Inn) which is across the street from Sloan's NY Grill in Oneonta, NY was engulfed in flames yesterday. When the Oneonta Fire Department arrived, a unit of the motel was fully engulfed in flames and thankfully, there was no one inside.