Students may be mourning the end of the summer, but with the help of the Ithaca-area community, hundreds of them will be starting the school year with the supplies they […] ...

The City of Ithaca is exploring whether it should expand the Ithaca Police Department (IPD) into the Ithaca City Court, after realizing that a new public safety facility at the […] ...

There’s jewels in them hills! The History Center in Tompkins County is back for a second year in a row with a treasure hunt for $10,000 worth of gems hidden […] ...

Relatively placid conditions are on tap for the rest of your holiday weekend and start of the week ahead. Other than a cold ...

When Michelle Kortenaar came to the Sciencenter in 2010, her first position included working on a federally funded program to help explain nanoscience technology to the public. Despite decades of […] ...

RSS.com Listen and subscribe to Backstory on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Amazon Music, YouTube or wherever you get podcasts. Tompkins County’s cost of living […] ...

The Tompkins County Administration is officially recommending an 11.96% increase in the countywide property tax levy for 2027, handing legislators a double-digit starting point as weeks of budget ...

People convicted of abusing animals in Tompkins County will now be publicly listed on a countywide online registry. The Tompkins County Legislature adopted a resolution Tuesday following a small but ...

A Lansing man was severely injured Monday morning after he told sheriff’s deputies that he accidentally stabbed himself while falling down a flight of stairs. Officers later discovered he was […] ...

Town of Ithaca Supervisor Rod Howe will step down Sept. 19 after serving in the role since 2019. A news release from the town stated that when he was asked […] ...