Josh Durso

A 59-year-old skydiver was found safe after an off-course landing in a wooded area near Ovid on September 5 following an intensive search. According to the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched to Parish ... more

Owasco Lake has a problem and local officials say if something doesn’t change soon one of the region’s largest drinking water sources could be jeopardized. Several years ago the two communities most closely connected to ... more

Canandaigua Mayor Bob Palumbo says the damage seen at Kershaw Park and along Eastern Blvd. is some of the worst he can remember in the city. A line of severe thunderstorms wreaked havoc across the ... more

On episode #506 of Inside the FLX two leaders from the Canandaigua Emergency Squad joined us in-studio to discuss an array of EMS-related issues in Upstate New York. Whether it's declining volunteer first responder forces, ... more

Today on episode #505 of Inside the FLX we're talking with Judy Wentzel. She's the executive director of the Bonafiglia Family Foundation. Like many small, rural communities in Upstate New York - Seneca County has ... more

Cayuga County Sheriff Brian Schenck is warning residents about potential budget cuts to public safety brought on by the need to address costly repairs at the county's office building. In January, the Cayuga County Office ... more

There’s no debate about it — a real housing crisis exists in the Finger Lakes. Forget about the tropes and reasons you’ve heard on the news about why homeownership is out of reach for an ... more

There's a housing crisis in the Finger Lakes. For several years now homeownership rates have been in decline. This while the rate of rent burdened households, or those that spend 50% or more of their ... more

Today on episode #500 of Inside the FLX we're sitting down with Geneva Mayor Steve Valentino to talk about last week's City Council meeting, as well as a number of the biggest stories from the ... more

Seneca County Manager Kyle Lovell has been placed on paid, administrative leave. That news was confirmed this morning by Board of Supervisors Chair Mike Enslow, who told FingerLakes1.com that the decision for him to go ... more

As Auburn seeks $2 million in grant funding to rehabilitate and develop the former Chemung Trust Building into a mixed use space with housing, the city's mayor Jimmy Giannettino says it's a great opportunity to ... more

Auburn Mayor Jimmy Giannettino said he was disappointed when the city was ultimately denied its opportunity to move forward with a hotel tax. Now, City Council will be tasked with amending its budget after Assemblyman ... more

Auburn Mayor Jimmy Giannettino didn't hold back when asked about the denial of the city's proposed hotel tax. The measure, which needed to be brought forward by the city's Assembly representative, was ultimately killed. Giannettino ... more

On episode #497 of Inside the FLX, we sit down with Deb Turner, Program Director for the Finger Lakes region's 988 Suicide and Crisis Prevention Line. Join us as we delve into the inner workings ... more

In response to an upward trend in suicide deaths in the Finger Lakes Region, local health departments have united to launch a multi-county suicide prevention campaign. The initiative, driven by the Pivital Public Health Partnership, ... more

On this episode of Inside the FLX we're talking about the work being done by law enforcement to curb work zone incidents, like the two fatal ones that happened in recent days across the region ... more

Today on the show we are talking about rural healthcare. According to the National Institute for Healthcare Management -- 12.6 of the 19.6 million people who live in New York are considered medically underserved. Which ... more

There are few things that frustrate people more than assessments. The process is complicated, and oftentimes, property owners assume that because their assessment is increasing by 5-10% that their property taxes will go up too ... more

On episode #493 of Inside the FLX we're talking with Geneva Mayor Steve Valentino about a busy May meeting, which featured a vote to spend more time working through the proposal to regulate short-term rentals ... more