
American Airlines ending service to Ithaca Tompkins International Airport
ITHACA, N.Y. (WENY) -- Starting September 7, American Airlines is ending service to Ithaca Tompkins International Airport, due to the pilot shortage. The company will also stop flying to Islip, New York, Toledo, Ohio and Dubuque, Iowa. Ithaca and the othe

West End Heights holds grand opening
Ithaca, NY (WENY)-- A brand new affordable housing apartment complex held its grand opening celebrations Tuesday morning in Ithaca. West End Heights, located on 701 W. Court Street, was the creation of Lakeview Health Services, multiple New York State age

Cornell Ph.D student invents carbon dioxide filter
ITHACA, N.Y. (WENY) -- Mary Zick, a Ph.D. candidate at Cornell University, along with Dr. Phillip Milner, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology at the university, have invented a device that can trap carbon dioxide, a chemical that gets em

Cornell University rededicates Martha Van Rensselaer Hall
ITHACA, N.Y. (WENY) -- After being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic for over two years, Cornell University held its rededication and ribbon cutting ceremony for Martha Van Rensselaer Hall Friday. The academic building, built more than 90 years ago, was th

Arrests made in Lansing High School threat
LANSING, N.Y. (WENY) -- The Tompkins County Sheriff's Office was called to Lansing High School Tuesday morning after they were alerted to a reported threat by two students. Authorities say it's the second time this June that’s happened.

NYS Legislature passes Puppy Mill Pipeline Bill banning dog, cat sales in pet stores
ALBANY, N.Y. (WENY) -- The New York State Assembly passed a bill banning the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores late last week. According to WENY-TV's media partner The Star Gazette, the Senate approved the Puppy Mill Pipeline Bill earlier this

Ithaca baristas accuse Starbucks of union busting
ITHACA, N.Y. (WENY) -- Starbucks is closing its location on College Ave. in Ithaca, citing unsafe working conditions and low customer attendance. Local officials and workers accuse the company of union busting. The coffee giant told its workers Friday tha

Dr. La Jerne Terry Cornish became the 10th president of Ithaca College in the institution's 129 year history.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WENY) -- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday the State will extend its indoor mask mandate for businesses through Feb. 10. Hochul made the announcement during a Long Island press briefing on winter storm emergency preparations, accor

Burdett, NY (WENY)-- Local leaders who live on Seneca Lake, held a press conference on Monday, as the continued to push for New York State to deny the Greenidge Power Plant it's air permit. Joseph Campbell, who is the President of Seneca Lake Guardian, sa

An open letter to Cornell University opposing the school's vaccine mandate received over 700 signatures. According to The Ithaca Voice, the letter addresses University President Martha Pollack and the Cornell Board of Trustees. On behalf of 783 students,

Torrey, NY (WENY) -- The Yates County Planning Board on Thursday saw an application for a site plan involving a bitcoin mining factory and the plan to build several small facilities next to it.The application, involving the site plan includes building multiple equipment housing units on cement slabs. After much back and forth between the people of Torrey and a lawyer representing Greenidge Generation the board voted to not recommend the site plan for the expansion to the property. The...