Update (8:27 p.m.): The latest information on the wild ICSD election Tuesday is available here, including results of candidate elections and ballot propositions when they are made available. Update (1:00 […]
Refugee: Ithaca is a ‘piece of heaven’ after years of living in war-torn Iraq
“You’re constantly afraid…There is no chance for it not to be a collective fear because even if you go to the grocery store, everybody is worried that you’re not going to come back. “
The Ithaca Voice selected as Report for America host newsroom
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Ithaca Voice has been selected as a host newsroom for Report for America, a nationwide program that places reporters with newsrooms in areas that need more […]
Local business figures seek major redevelopment of downtown site
ITHACA, N.Y. — Members of the Tompkins County Industrial Development Agency were intrigued with plans shared last week essentially aiming to push the bounds of Ithaca’s downtown westward with mixed-uses […]
New state budget funds county’s new emergency response service past first year
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins County’s Rapid Medical Response (RMR) program will receive $300,000 from the New York State’s Department of Health to defray operating costs past the program’s first year, […]
Cornell reinstates standardized testing requirement for future applicants
ITHACA, N.Y. — Joining several other Ivy League schools, Cornell University announced Monday it will reinstate standardized testing requirements for undergraduate applicants, starting in 2026. A report compiled by a […]
Man who killed his own father pleaded not responsible due to mental illness
ITHACA, N.Y. — A man charged with fatally shooting his own father in 2023 pleaded he was not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect in Tompkins County Court […]
Ithaca City School District sets public hearing dates before budget vote
Correction (April 23): The following article initially identified the first two hearings as public hearings on the school district’s budget. After this article was published, the district clarified that the […]
Van Etten man facing charges for hitting county deputy vehicle
ITHACA, N.Y. — A 26-year-old man from Van Etten was arrested and charged with endangerment and mischief charges after running his car onto the hood of a Tompkins County Sheriff’s […]
Weather: Unseasonably cool if drier this week
ITHACA, N.Y. — It’s still sweater weather in the city of gorges, as cold air from Canada keeps temperatures below normal for much of the week ahead. Other than Thursday […]
Local homeless services organizations prepare for population surge as Code Blue protections end
ITHACA, N.Y. — Late Monday morning, dozens of people streamed out of the Econo Lodge in Lansing, leaving the modest hotel that, for some, served as their only stable sleeping […]
Monday: “Bad Press” documentary, Q+A event at Cinemapolis
ITHACA, N.Y. — When a Native American tribal council in Oklahoma struck down its nation’s free press law in 2018, the number of sovereign indigenous nations in the U.S. with […]