Morning Edition: Urgent care centers become catch-all across Finger Lakes & Central New York
Plus, Moe's closes in Ithaca, NYS expands investigation into NSYEG and RG&E, volunteer firefighters get discount on taxes, homeowners need to switch to heat pumps, and CO's hurt at Elmira prison.
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New & Breaking — What’s Happening?
Urgent care clinics have become a catch-all for an exhausted, short-staffed healthcare system
19 mins ago / Josh Durso
Ever since the coronavirus pandemic began long wait times at urgent care centers across the Finger Lakes and Central New York have been common. This winter those wait times have gotten longer with urgent care clinics of all shapes and sizes contending with an array of illnesses. It isn’t just wintertime illnesses, like RSV or influenza, in combination with COVID-19. Rather, it’s everything that urgent care clinicians are forced to deal with collectively. We spoke with one who shared perspective on how the pandemic changed healthcare forever ... [FULL STORY]
What else is happening today?
Ithaca loses another fast food stop: What prompted Moe’s on Elmira Road to close?
10 mins ago / Staff Report
NYS expands investigation into RG&E, NYSEG for billing errors and mismanagement
18 mins ago / Staff Report
New York is going to force homeowners to convert to heat pumps: How much do they cost?
1 hour ago / Staff Report
Will volunteer firefighter shortage disappear if they get 10% discount on property taxes? Probably not.
17 mins ago / Staff Report
Death toll rises again after weekend blizzard: NYS, Erie County leading efforts as flood risk rises
12 hours ago / Staff Report
Macedon bridge over Erie Canal receives historic preservation funding from NYS
1 hour ago / Staff Report
WEDNESDAY HS BASKETBALL REPORT: Waterloo boys improve to 6-1 with win over East Rochester; Mynderse girls cruise past Onondaga
5 hours ago / Kyle Evans
GAME DAY: Syracuse squares off with Minnesota in Pinstripe Bowl
5 hours ago / Kyle Evans
Several corrections officers injured after attacks by inmates at Elmira Correctional Facility
12 hours ago / Staff Report
FLX WEEKLY: Holiday Hangover Pairings (podcast)
17 hours ago / Digital Team